On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 09:45 +0800, Thomas Gutzler wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help, I've got what I want. > > Wayne Davison wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Thomas Gutzler > > <thomas.gutz...@gmail.com <mailto:thomas.gutz...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I thought --include="/this_dir/" --include="/this_dir/***" would do it, > > but it doesn't. The exclude * seems to overwrite the include matches: > > [sender] hiding file this_dir/foo because of pattern * > > > > > > Order is important. Whatever matches first, is what takes effect. > > Also, *** matches both the dir and its contents, so you could use: > > > > --include='/this_dir/***' --exclude=* > > It seems to be very picky about the order. Thanks for pointing that out. > My first attempt has been > --include="*/" --include="*.foo" --include="*.bar" > --include="/this_dir/***" --exclude="*" > which did nothing than *.foo and *.bar. Shuffling it around, I found that > --include="*/" --include="/this_dir/***" --include="*.foo" > --include="*.bar" --exclude="*" > does what I want and it even makes sense.
Those two commands should be equivalent. If you have a reproducible case in which they aren't, please share it and we can see if there's a bug. I tried the first command and it worked fine for me. That is, after I fixed a typo I made in the name of "this_dir", which left the --include="/this_dir/***" nonfunctional and gave a result like the one you cited above: [sender] hiding file this-dir/one because of pattern * -- 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
