I'm trying to backup certain pieces of my XP workstations home directory to a mapped drive using rsync on Cygwin. I was able to create a fairly useful exclude-from list, but I'm unable to re-include portions a subset of an excluded directory. My rsync command looks like this:
rsync -avn --delete --stats ~/ \ /cygdrive/i/HRMS/rdavies/backup/home \ --exclude-from=/home/rdavies/rsync_home_list And the exclude file looks like this: + Application\ Data/IDMComp/** + Application\ Data/Mozilla/** - Application\ Data/* - Cookies/* - Desktop/* - Favorites/* - Local\ Settings/* - My Documents/Outlook/* - My Documents/My\ * - NetHood/* - PrintHood/* - Recent/* - SendTo/* - Start Menu/* - Templates/* - .DCOPserver* - .fonts* - NTUSER* - ntuser* I've tried as many variations on the include portions as I can think of. The variations I've tried are: Adding an initial / to the + lines (so it would read + /Application\ Data/etc...) Different variations on the number of asterisks. (/ or /* or /** or /***) Removing the final / altogether. Nothing I have tried on the + lines has made any difference whatsoever, the list of files to sync remains constant. bash-3.00$ rsync --version rsync version 2.6.6 protocol version 29 Copyright (C) 1996-2005 by Andrew Tridgell and others <http://rsync.samba.org/> Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, inplace, no IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the GNU General Public Licence for details. bash-3.00$ ____________ Roger Davies PeopleSoft HRMS 970.506.7750 Important Notice: The contents of this electronic message and any attachments are intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that any transmission, distribution, downloading, printing or photocopying of the contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail immediately and destroy all copies of the message and any attachments. Thank you. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
