Wierd problem with rysnc.

[Dave Dykstra]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 03:32:13PM -0800, Sri Ramkrishna wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I have tried for some days to re-produce this, but was not able to. 
> However, I believe we may have found the cause of the problem.  Let me
> ask you something.
> 
> If you have something like this:
> 
> a/
> 
> in the exclude list
> does that exclude everything under that directory or only the first set
> of directories underneath it?

That has the effect of excluding everything because the algorithm is 
recursive; when it reaches the exclude on a/, it never descends down
into that directory.

- Dave Dykstra