Understand include exclude script

[Brian K. White]

Also -vvv is your friend.

Excluding file foo because of pattern foo
Including file bar because of pattern bar
...

No need to guess and wonder. Just try a few things, run with -vvv, 
adjust, retry, after a few trial & error you have what you want. No 
excuse for treating it like a big mystery.

-- 
bkw

On 10/19/2012 4:45 PM, Kevin Korb wrote:
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> When you use the + and - syntax it doesn't matter if you call it an
> - --include-from=file or an --exclude-from=file.  Those only matter if
> the list is a plain list of patterns without the + or -.
>
> The only things you excluded are .* Desktop/ and Download/ not
> anything like music or video.
>
> By default everything is included.  The list of excludes override that
> by removing some things from the list.  The list of includes override
> those excludes putting some things back into the list.  So, if you
> make a bunch of +/- patterns anything that isn't matched by any of the
> patterns will be included.
>
> If you want to reverse that and have only things that you specifically
> include be copied then your list needs to end with:
> - - *
> That will exclude everything that hasn't been previously included.
> Note that you will probably also want:
> + */
> somewhere near the top.
>
> On 10/19/12 16:34, Marc wrote:
>> if i merge this config, i need to put it in include file? i tried
>> and it copied all file and folder
>>
>>
>> also why in my old script some folder like  music, video and
>> document  was copied while i don't wrote to do it?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net>
>> To: rsync at lists.samba.org Cc: Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012
>> 6:18:09 PM Subject: Re: Understand include exclude script
>>
>> The - .** and .* lines are both excluding all .files and
>> .directories except for the ones you specifically included.  For
>> easyness of reading I would suggest you merge the two files
>> together with something like:
>>
>> + .Skype/*** + .local/ + .local/share/ +
>> .local/share/local-mail/*** + .mozilla/*** - .* - Desktop/ -
>> Download/
>>
>> Though I don't actually suggest excluding .* since there are lots
>> of important configuration files that you will be excluding that
>> way.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/19/12 08:28, Marc wrote:
>>> hi
>>
>>> i use a script to backup my homedir, that work but there are
>>> somes things i don't really understand.
>>
>>> here my script
>>
>>> rsync -arv --delete --prune-empty-dirs
>>> --include-from=include.txt --exclude-from=exclude  /home/bob
>>> /media/usbkey
>>
>>> include.txt file + .Skype/*** + .local/ + .local/share/ +
>>> .local/share/local-mail/*** + .mozilla/*** - .**
>>
>>> exclude.txt file Desktop/ Download/ .*
>>
>>> I have a lot of folder in my home: music, video, Document.
>>
>>> I undersdand  that it script copy skype, local-mail and mozilla
>>> content. -.** means exclude other?
>>
>>> and for exlude file: exclude Desktop, Download and .* means all
>>> other?
>>
>>> also why music, video and document are copied, is there
>>> something in the script who said to copy it?
>>
>>> thanks
>>
>>
>>
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