On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:45:23AM +0800, Denis Solovyov wrote: > Is there any difference in rsync behaviour between "--exclude /dir/*" > and "--exclude /dir/**" (one and two trailing "stars")?
They are usually the same due to how "/dir/*" is enough to stop rsync from ever getting down to any subdirs inside "dir". The only exception is when an include preceded it that keeps a subdir of "dir", like this: + /dir/subdir/ - /dir/** Which is shorter than: + /dir/subdir/ - /dir/subdir/* - /dir/* Also, on the daemon side, it is safer to use "**" in excludes for the modules in rsyncd.conf (which hides files from the user) to make sure that the user can't start a transfer from deeper inside the hierarchy than the exclude matches. When using an anchored match term, a "**" at the end of the string makes almost no difference in terms of code efficiency. In other cases it is usually slightly more efficient to use "*" in places where you don't really need to use "**" (such as using "- *" instead of "- **"). > Will rsync enter and scan content of dir/ (and thus change access time > of files and directories) in any of these examples? Nope. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
