1. You don't appear to be including anything that is within the colon dirs so they are being left out by --prune-empty-dirs.
2. Includes only override excludes that follow them. Since your debug excludes are exceptions to the openSUSE_Leap_42.2/*** include they must be before it not after it. On 01/10/2018 05:46 PM, Istvan Gabor via rsync wrote: > Dear Kevin: > > ~ 1 year ago your answer helped me to solve my problem. > This time I would like to do a similar thing but little bit modified. > I read again carefully INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERN RULES section of rsync > manual but still cannot comprehend every part of it. > > I understand I have to add include patterns first and exclude patterns > second. But it is not clear if I have to add all the include patterns > first and all the exclude patterns after them. Or do I have add > include/exclude groups? > > Now I would like to mirror openSUSE_Leap_42.2 dirs from > ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/opensuse/repositories/ > but only from specified directories and without files with debuginfo > or debugsource patterns in their names. > > I tried this command: > > rsync -av --include-from=filters.txt --prune-empty-dirs \ > rsync://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/opensuse/repositories/ \ > opensuse/repositories > > where filters.txt contains: > > + /filesystems > + /filesystems: > + /games > + /games: > + /graphics > + /graphics: > + /hamradio > + /hamradio: > + /hardware > + /hardware: > ... > + openSUSE_Leap_42.2/*** > - *debuginfo*.rpm > - *debugsource*.rpm > - * > > but it doesn't work the way I'd like. > > 1. The directories ending with : in their names are not mirrored. > I tried eg /games: , /games\: and "/games:", none of these worked. > > 2. The other directories are mirrored but debuginfo and debugsource > files are not excluded. > > I'd appreciate if you explained what the problem is and how to solve it. > > Thanks in advance, > > Istvan > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:15:00 -0500, Kevin Korb wrote: >> An include only overrides an exclude that follows it. So, you would >> need something like this: >> >> + */ >> + openSUSE_13.2/*** >> - * >> >> Then add --prune-empty-dirs to your rsync command line. I left off the >> initial ** because it doesn't really mean anything unless openSUSE_13.2 >> isn't always the entire directory name in which case 1 * would do. >> >> Another way to explain it is that by default everything is included. An >> exclude rule makes exceptions. An include rule makes exceptions to the >> exclude rule. >> >> On 01/20/2017 06:08 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote: >>> Hello: >>> >>> I have read rsync manual and several howtos on how to use rsync, still >>> I don't know if it's doable what I want to do, and if yes, how. >>> >>> The scenario: >>> >>> I would like to make a local copy of openSUSE 13.2 repositories. >>> I use openSUSE linux. >>> >>> The repos are located in a multi-level directory structure, eg: >>> >>> ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/opensuse/repositories/ >>> >>> Let's call this directory the root dir. >>> >>> Each directory in the root has subdirectories, and one of the >>> subdirectories >>> is named "openSUSE_13.2". The openSUSE_13.2 dir can be one, two, or more >>> level >>> downstairs in the root dir, eg: >>> >>> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache/openSUSE_13.2/ >>> >>> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache:/MirrorBrain/openSUSE_13.2/ >>> >>> >>> >>> There are plenty of directories in the root dir, and each >>> subdirectory can >>> have several subdirectories. >>> >>> Is it possible, using rsync, to download only all "openSUSE_13.2" >>> directories with >>> their contents, without specifying directly one by one every >>> subdirectory >>> to be included or excluded? >>> >>> I tried to use filters.txt file with content: >>> >>> + **openSUSE_13.2/*** >>> >>> with this command: >>> >>> rsync -av --include-from=filters.txt >>> rsync://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/opensuse/repositories/ ./ >>> >>> This downloads every directory. How can I exclude those are not >>> openSUSE_13.2? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Istvan >>> > > -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,
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