Wayne Davison wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > rsync -a --include '*/' --include '**/a1/foo' --exclude "*" . example.com:/tmp/ > > Yes, that is the way to use include/exclude without first figuring > out where all the foo files are. As you noted that results in all > directories in the tree being created.
Darn. > The easiest way around this is to switch from include/exclude to using > the --files-from option, like this: > > find . -name foo | rsync -a --files-from=- . example.com:/tmp/ Yes! That is exactly what I want. I see that it is a new option. I had not noticed its arrival. In fact I needed to upgrade to get it. I really think that is a good design direction. Keep all of the file finding tasks in 'find' and use it to drive rsync. A nice modular approach that follows the traditional UNIX philosophy. I like it! As an enhancement I would really like it even more if the --from0 option could be combined with --files-from to be --files-from0. It is more compact and has a similar style to find's --print0 option. Although I will probably use -av0 with this more often than anything else so this is not a big deal. Thank you for pointing me to that option. It works great. Bob -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
