RE: --include-from doesn't include

2006-05-10 Thread Davies, Roger
Actually, I had it, I just can't cut and paste to email properly. However, I did just try removing the backslash '\' from everywhere, and that was the trick. I had issues getting the '~/My Documents' recognized from the command line, so I went with all the backslashes. SO, broken: +\ /Applicatio

Re: --include-from doesn't include

2006-05-10 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 03:48:56PM -0600, Davies, Roger wrote: > [RD] I actually tried this, and it seems the include lines are just > being ignored. You missed the very first include I cited, which happens to be the most important one. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://list

RE: --include-from doesn't include

2006-05-10 Thread Davies, Roger
Wayne, thanks for the quick reply. >You have neglected to add rules to let rsync get down into any of those >parent dirs mentioned in this rule, so this rule will never encounter >anything to match. If you had specified this: > >+ Application Data/ >+ Application Data/IDMComp/ >+ Application Da

Re: --include-from doesn't include

2006-05-10 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 12:30:32PM -0600, Davies, Roger wrote: > + Application\ Data/IDMComp/** (FYI, there's no need to backslash a space, but I suppose it doesn't hurt.) You have neglected to add rules to let rsync get down into any of those parent dirs mentioned in this rule, so this rule will

--include-from doesn't include

2006-05-10 Thread Davies, Roger
I'm trying to backup certain pieces of my XP workstations home directory to a mapped drive using rsync on Cygwin. I was able to create a fairly useful exclude-from list, but I'm unable to re-include portions a subset of an excluded directory. My rsync command looks like this: rsync -avn --delet