> On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 04:5929PM +0100, Wayne wrote: > > Let's say I need to synchronize: > > > > /web/sites > > /var/qmail/control > > /home/ken > > If your command is that simple, you should just list all the dirs on the > commandline without any include/exclude stuff and use -R (--relative): > > rsync -azvlR /web/sites /var/qmail/control /home/ken [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ken/backup/ > > Only when you overflow the commandline do you need to resort to > include/exclude syntax (or use the new --files-from option, if that > is available to you -- see the mailing list archive for more info). > > To understand what you are doing wrong with the include/exclude syntax, > you would do well to read the man page on this topic. It boils down to > specifying all needed directories that guide the hierarchical descent to > the directories you wish to send. I also prefer to avoid a global "*" > exclude, so I'd write the "includes" file like this: > > + /var/ > + /web/ > + /home/ > - /* > + /var/qmail/ > - /var/* > + /var/qmail/control/ > - /var/qmail/* > + /web/sites/ > - /web/* > + /home/ken/ > - /home/* > > Which you'd use with the following command: > > rsync -azvl --include-from=includes / [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ken/backup/ > > An alternative "includes" file that uses a global "*" exclude would look > like this: > > + /var/ > + /var/qmail/ > + /var/qmail/control/ > + /var/qmail/control/** > + /web/ > + /web/sites/ > + /web/sites/** > + /home/ > + /home/ken/ > + /home/ken/** > - * > > Some folks might like that syntax better.
It worked! Now I understand how "include-from" really works. Thank you very much for your help, Wayne. Regards, Ken -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
