On 19 Aug 2011, at 18:35, Steven Levine wrote: > In <ce4bcf0b-f15a-4665-a5a7-de3c51183...@ukgb.net>, on 08/19/11 > at 11:49 AM, Ken Gillett <email...@ukgb.net> said: > > Hi Ken, > >> I still think the docs should explain you can use either form. > > It does. The first paragraph of the OPTIONS section states > > <snip> > rsync uses the GNU long options package. Many of the com- > mand line options have two variants, one short and one > long. These are shown below, separated by commas. Some > options only have a long variant. The = for options that > take a parameter is optional; whitespace can be used > instead. > </snip>
I stand corrected. Since I know about the long and short options concept, I guess my brain just filtered out the rest without me knowing. > As stated in the second paragraph of the FILTER RULES section > > <snip> > As the list of files/directories to transfer is built, > rsync checks each name to be transferred against the list > of include/exclude patterns in turn, and the first match- > ing pattern is acted on: if it is an exclude pattern, > then that file is skipped; if it is an include pattern > then that filename is not skipped; if no matching pattern > is found, then the filename is not skipped. > </snip> > > Mentally, I replace references to file and filename to file/directory, > because that's really what is meant. Knowing what I now know, I can understand what that is saying, but when trying to figure out the whole 'relative' path thing for includes and excludes and multiple sources, it wasn't that clear to me. Or many others in fact since the 'Net is littered with questions about problems with getting these paths correct. Still, glad to know I had worked it out correctly:-) Ken G i l l e t t _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ -- 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
