--include-from with no source directory

[jw schultz]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 03:49:51AM -0700, August Zajonc wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> 
> I've seen this come up on the list in the past, most particularly here.
> 
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=rsync+include-from+cat&hl=en&lr=&ie=UT
> F-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=b2h7t8%2422nt%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw&rnum=2
> 
> I find myself in a very similar position. 
> 
> Ideally I'd have a single file, as follows:
> 
> + /www
> - /www/bigstuff
> + /home
> - /home/tempuser
> + /var/log/httpd
> 
> These are directories I'd like to backup recursively. 
> 
> This currently seems akward to do with the current version of rsync. 
> 
> If I do a 
> 
> - /* 
> 
> In the file I then have to make sure to include parent directories for
> all the patterns I want to match. 
> 
> On the rsync commandline I'd do something like
> 
> rsync -r --include-from=abovefile /destination_dir
> 
> I'd still like to recurse through the directories listed, so it's more
> then just a list of files to use. 
> 
> If the -from-files patch is what I need, count this as a vote for it's
> inclusion in the mainline release. If anyone has some pointers who has
> found themselves in a similar situation (and doesn't want to `cat
> filelist` the files) please do let me know. 

rsync -r --files-from=abovefile / /destination_dir

--files-from is in mainline.  The voting is over.


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