On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 01:58:28AM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote: > >> --include .mozilla > >> --include .mozilla/arb/ > >> --exclude .mozilla/arb/* > >> --include .mozilla/arb/kfgj0v2y.slt/ > >> --include .mozilla/arb/kfgj0v2y.slt/bookmarks.html > >> --include .mozilla/arb/kfgj0v2y.slt/prefs.js > >> --exclude .mozilla/arb/kfgj0v2y.slt/* > > > > Close, but not quite. The order of a couple lines is reversed and > > Duh. Thanks for picking up on that. > > > that might copy more than one file from the .mozilla/arb dir. > > It would copy nothing from arb, surely? > > > I'd also suggest putting the lines into an include file so that the > > command-line only needs an --include-from=file_name directive. The > > lines would get +/- prefixes to tell it what to include/exclude: > > I don't think .mozilla was in rpm: > > + /rpm/SRPMS/ > - /rpm/* > + /.mozilla/ > + /.mozilla/arb/ > - /.mozilla/* > + /.mozilla/arb/kfgj0v2y.slt/ > - /.mozilla/arb/* > + /.mozilla/arb/kfgj0v2y.slt/bookmarks.html > + /.mozilla/arb/kfgj0v2y.slt/prefs.js > - /.mozilla/arb/kfgj0v2y.slt/*
This works just as I wanted it to :) Now I also understand the exclude/include logic better. Thanks guys! -- Anand Buddhdev http://anand.org -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
