On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 02:13:48PM -0700, Eric Chen wrote: > Hi, > > I am rsyncing from my source server A to a destination server B. > A/vol1 contains two files syslog.txt and syslog.bak > B/vol1 contains five files syslog.txt, syslog.bak, initlog.txt, > internal.txt, and internal.bak. > > I want to preserve the 5 files on B/vol1 when I do rsync from A to B. > > Here is the command I use: > rsync -av --delete --exclude-from=EXCLUDEFILE A/ B > > I've tried the option "--exclude-from=EXCLUDEFILE" and I put the paths of > those 5 files (B/vol1/FILEPATH) into that EXCLUDEFILE. However, the two
The patterns are tree relative. A and B are outside the tree. Think of the pattern as having to match regardless of whether applied to source or destination. > files on A, syslog.txt and syslog.bak are still being rsync'ed to B and the > other 3 files on B (initlog.txt, internal.txt, and internal.bak) are being > deleted. > > I've read the manpage and it says that "--exclude-from" excludes PATTERNs > that are listed in file. > Does this mean I can't exclude the exact file with the pathname? > > I've tried doing rsync with the options > "--exclude=syslog.txt --exclude=syslog.bak --exclude=initlog.txt --exclude=i > nternal.txt --exclude=internal.bak", but this also excludes any occurences > of those files that might not be under A/vol1, and this is something I don't > want. > > I just want to be able to preserve those 5 files under B/vol1. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > ~Eric > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember Cernan and Schmitt -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
