OK... thank you very much to all Angelo
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Ian Malone <ibmal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 22 October 2014 10:41, Angelo Moreschini <mrangelo.fed...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am able to backup files with this command: > > rsync -av --delete /home/programmers/Labels /media/saved_labels > > > > but I am not able to select some kind of files doing the backup > > > > I tried in many different way: > > > > rsync -av --delete /home/programmers/Labels/*.java /media/saved_lab > > rsync -avr --delete /home/programmers/Labels/*.java /media/saved_lab > > > > The message that I get is : > > > > sending incremental file list > > rsync: link_stat > "/home/programmers/java/PROJECTS_development/Labels/*.java" > > failed: No such file or directory (2) > > > > sent 18 bytes received 12 bytes 60.00 bytes/sec > > total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 > > rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) > > (code 23) at main.c(1165) [sender=3.1.0] > > > > > > =========== > > > > I would like to know how to start this command (after it is inside a > shell > > script) at the boot. > > Both Bill Oliver and Patrick O'Callaghan have given good suggestions, > but I thought it might be helpful to also explain why this isn't > working the way you might think it should. > > rsync -av --delete /home/programmers/Labels/*.java /media/saved_lab > > Will get expanded by the shell to any files that match the glob > pattern /home/programmers/Labels/*.java that is to say if there is a > file /home/programmers/Labels/a.java then it will get replaced by > that, if there is more than one file matching *.java in that directory > then it will get expanded to all the matches. Once that's done rsync > gets called with the resulting arguments. The matching only matches > files in that directory, it's performed by the shell (not rsync) and > doesn't descend into subdirectories. Once rsync gets it it will either > have the full path to the (likely non-existent) file "*.java" or a > list of files in the Labels directory which all end .java. If some of > those happen to be directories it will recurse into them as the -a > option tells it to, but likely they'll be regular files and they will > be the only ones to get copied. > > If you want recursive descent and matching within subdirectories (eg. > you've got .java files under Labels/Code/) then you either need a find > command to collect them and pass them to rsync or use rsync's "FILTER > RULES" (see man rsync). > > -- > imalone > http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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