Using include/exclude options

[Max Bowsher]

Jason Williams wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I have a question about using the include/exclude function for rsync.
> What I am trying to do is backup specific directories and their
> corresponding data, while at the same time, excluding other directories.
>
> Specifically, I have a backup server with the follow setup:
>
> /backupstorage/D/...all the directories are here...there are roughly 18
> directories.
>
> So what I was trying to do was create a file that I can point to specify
> what directories I want backed up.
>
> Here is what I was attempting:
>
> rsync -avn --include-file=/home/rsyncfile /backupstorage/D/ /home/rsyncbak
>
> It is a dry run of course. However, it still wants to backup everything in
> the /backupstorage/D/.
>
> Here is a quick snip of what is in my rsyncfile:
>
> /backupstorage/D/1999 TaxReturns/
> /backupstorage/D/Appraisals/
> /backupstorage/D/CLOSED00/
> /backupstorage/D/CLOSED01/
> /backupstorage/CLOSED02/
> /backupstorage/D/CLOSED97/
> /backupstorage/D/CLOSED98/
> /backupstorage/D/CLOSED99/
>
> Im guessing that im not specifying correctly in the file.
>
> Anyone have any input on what im doing wrong?

The default is include. Since you haven't excluded anything, everything is
either included-explicitly or included-by-default.


Max.