Include files though directory excluded

[Max Bowsher]

Gregor Waluga wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 18. Februar 2003 01:04 schrieb Max Bowsher:
>
> Hi,
>
>>> My general problem is, that I want to use an include-file, where
>>> also exludes are listed. Here's my file (base directory is
>>> /home/gregor/):
>>> - *
>>> - .*
>>> + .kde/share/apps/kabc/*
>>> + .kde/share/apps/kbear/*
>>> + .kde/share/apps/kopete/*
>>> + .kde/share/apps/korganizer/*
>>> + .kde/share/apps/quanta/*
>>> + .gaim/*
>>> + .gaimrc
>>> + .OpenOffice/user/config/*
>>> + .OpenOffice/user/wordbook/*
>>>
>>> What's wrong here??
>>
>> You exclude everything on the first line. Rsync never looks beyond
>> the initial exclude, because it matches _everything_.
>
> OK, my file looks now as follows:
>
> + .kde/share/apps/kabc/
> + .kde/share/apps/kbear/
> + .kde/share/apps/kopete/
> + .kde/share/apps/korganizer/
> + .kde/share/apps/quanta/
> + .gaim/
> + .gaimrc
> + .OpenOffice/user/config/
> + .OpenOffice/user/wordbook/
> - *
> - .*
>
> My console output is:
> building file list ...
> 3 files to consider
> .gaimrc
> wrote 356 bytes  read 24 bytes  760.00 bytes/sec
> total size is 1949  speedup is 5.13
>
> Why was only this one file transferred? I want the other directories
> to be synchronized, too. I do know that e.g. the OpenOffice wordbook
> isn't synchronized yet!
> The tree on both machines is equal (base directory is /home/gregor/).

Well, now you are including the directories, but you aren't including the
files within them!

Max.