Re: Is it possible to to exclude #file

2015-04-12 Thread Kevin Korb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - - #filename On 04/12/2015 05:06 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to exclude a file that begins or ends with > an octothorp (`#')? > > Something like #file or file# > > But not fi#le > > I've tried these in an exclude file: > > "#

Is it possible to to exclude #file

2015-04-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Can anyone tell me how to exclude a file that begins or ends with an octothorp (`#')? Something like #file or file# But not fi#le I've tried these in an exclude file: "#"* *"#" \#* *\# All seem to just be ignored -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list.

Re: Finding specific files/directories from a remote rsync server.

2015-04-12 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Hongyi Zhao wrote: > Say, if I want to find all of the `foo/file' on this rsync server > You'd use filter (include/exclude) rules. See in the man page about its notes on how rsync requires you to include all directories in order to traverse the tree and you'd en

Re: rsync --link-dest won't link even if existing file is out of date

2015-04-12 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 10:51 PM, Ken Chase wrote: > Feature request: allow --link-dest dir to be linked to even if file exists > in target. > >From the release notes for 3.1.0: - Improved the use of alt-dest options into an existing hierarchy of files: If a match is found in an alt-dir,