On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 22:22 +0100, michael wrote: > I'm attempting to write a short script to copy all 'CONC*' files in any > subdir under ./ using rsync and filters but I can't get the correct > quoting/escaping... any ideas?
> # filter: all subdirs but only CONC* files > FILTER="--filter=+ \* --filter=+ CONC\* --filter=- \*" > echo $FILTER > set -x > ${RSYNC_EXE} ${RSYNC_CMDS} ${FILTER} ${SRC} ${DEST} The trouble is that, when you expand ${FILTER} outside of double quotes, bash will split on all spaces in the value, which cuts each filter rule in two. To fix this, you can use an underscore instead of a space to separate the +/- symbol from the pattern, or you can switch to bash arrays as shown here (but omit the colon before "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" !): http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2008-August/021580.html Matt -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html