Gregor Waluga wrote: > Hi, > > I got a little question on the rsync-option include/exclude: > I excluded all hidden files in my home-directory but I want two files > to be included. I used following command: > > gregor@notebook:~> rsync -avzuPn -e ssh --exclude=.* --exclude=* > --include=.kderc --include=.gaimrc /home/gregor/ > 192.168.0.1:/home/gregor/ building file list ... > 1 file to consider > wrote 69 bytes read 20 bytes 178.00 bytes/sec > total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 > gregor@notebook:~> > > Why this transfer was not successful? The syntax is correct (I think). > > > My general problem is, that I want to use an include-file, where also > exludes are listed. Here's my file (base directory is /home/gregor/): > - * > - .* > + .kde/share/apps/kabc/* > + .kde/share/apps/kbear/* > + .kde/share/apps/kopete/* > + .kde/share/apps/korganizer/* > + .kde/share/apps/quanta/* > + .gaim/* > + .gaimrc > + .OpenOffice/user/config/* > + .OpenOffice/user/wordbook/* > > What's wrong here??
You exclude everything on the first line. Rsync never looks beyond the initial exclude, because it matches _everything_. Max. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
