> rsync -aRzv /etc /home/*/.maildir rsyncuser@hostname:

I'd actually like to use --files-from so it's easier to manage and
--files-from doesn't support wildcards.  That's why it gets so messy.

- Grant


>> I'm trying to use wildcards and nested files and I think there must
>> be a better way than what I'm doing.  If I want to copy only these
>> two directories:
>>
>> /etc /home/*/.maildir
>>
>> Is this the best way to do it:
>>
>> rsync -arzv --delete-excluded --files-from 'files-from.txt'
>> --include-from 'include-from.txt' --exclude-from 'exclude-from.txt'
>> / rsyncuser@hostname:
>>
>> files-from.txt: /etc
>>
>> include-from.txt: /home /home/* /home/*/.maildir
>>
>> exclude-from.txt: /home/*/*
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