Wildcards (include)

[Ken]

> On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 04:5929PM +0100, Wayne wrote:
> > Let's say I need to synchronize:
> > 
> > /web/sites
> > /var/qmail/control
> > /home/ken
> 
> If your command is that simple, you should just list all the dirs on the
> commandline without any include/exclude stuff and use -R (--relative):
> 
> rsync -azvlR /web/sites /var/qmail/control /home/ken username at host.com:/ken/backup/
> 
> Only when you overflow the commandline do you need to resort to
> include/exclude syntax (or use the new --files-from option, if that
> is available to you -- see the mailing list archive for more info).
> 
> To understand what you are doing wrong with the include/exclude syntax,
> you would do well to read the man page on this topic.  It boils down to
> specifying all needed directories that guide the hierarchical descent to
> the directories you wish to send.  I also prefer to avoid a global "*"
> exclude, so I'd write the "includes" file like this:
> 
> + /var/
> + /web/
> + /home/
> - /*
> + /var/qmail/
> - /var/*
> + /var/qmail/control/
> - /var/qmail/*
> + /web/sites/
> - /web/*
> + /home/ken/
> - /home/*
> 
> Which you'd use with the following command:
> 
> rsync -azvl  --include-from=includes / username at host.com:/ken/backup/
> 
> An alternative "includes" file that uses a global "*" exclude would look
> like this:
> 
> + /var/
> + /var/qmail/
> + /var/qmail/control/
> + /var/qmail/control/**
> + /web/
> + /web/sites/
> + /web/sites/**
> + /home/
> + /home/ken/
> + /home/ken/**
> - *
> 
> Some folks might like that syntax better.

It worked!


Now I understand how "include-from" really works.

Thank you very much for your help, Wayne.

Regards,

Ken