CYGWIN Rsync exclude/include problem

[Max Bowsher]

Dalton Harvie wrote:
> Newbie response:
>
> How about:
>
> rsync -avvvzl --stats --delete --delete-excluded
> --exclude-from=c:\rsync\includes.txt /cygdrive/c/* mike at puk::LaptopBackup
>
> as I've had problems with the --delete flag without using the * before

NOT advisable. Adding * is unneccessarily complicating matters.

It is much easier to envisage the simple one source one destination case
(and therefore easier to write exclude lists) than to try using multiple
source syncs on the components of the toplevel directory.

Max.


> (see down the list a bit, "can't delete older file/directory links on
> another local partition after `snapshot' type backup script")
>
> and for the file something like
>
> - *.tmp    # put these first as runs through list from top
> - Temp/    #Exclude all Temp folders
> - UserData/    #Exclude all UserData folders
> - *.dmp
> - Temporary Internet Files/
> - cache/
> - RECYCLER/
> - Help/
>
> + /Databases/    #Include /Databases & subfolders
> + /Databases/**  # includes all the files and tree under this
>
> + /Documents and Settings/     #Include /Documents and Settings &
> subfolders - /Documents and Settings/NetworkService/     #Exclude
> /NetworkService subfolders
> - /Documents and Settings/LocalService/     #Exclude /LocalService
> subfolders
> - /Documents and Settings/All Users/     #Exclude /All Users subfolders
> - /Documents and Settings/Default Users/
> + /Documents and Settings/**
>
> # other directories included in the same way
>
> - *     #exclude everything else
>
> Maybe this might work?  Dalton Harvie.
>
> On Friday 21 March 2003 10:22, Mike Lavender wrote:
>> I'm having troubles with getting rsync 2.5.5 (CYGWIN version) to
>> include/exclude files they way I expect it to. I have mulled over the
>> list postings and man pages regarding this and I am either missing
>> something or ... well I don' know.
>>
>> I have a drive with 12 folders in the root however, I only want to rsync
>> 5 of them (the ones marked with an *) and in those 4 I want to exclude
>> certain folders and file patterns. The Root looks like this:
>>
>> /Backup
>> /Copied DVD
>> /Databases    *
>> /Documents and Settings    *
>> /Inetpub    *
>> /Plus11    *
>> /Program Files
>> /rsync    *
>> /Temp
>> /Windows
>> /Trial Software
>> /wmpub
>>
>> Using the following command line and includes.txt file I still get the
>> Backup, Copied DVD etc folders. If I add a global * or /* then nothing
>> gets rsynced. I have "commented" the include file to explain my logic.
>> Any advice would be great!
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Mike Lavender
>> ===================
>>
>> Command Line:
>> rsync -avvvzl --stats --delete --delete-excluded
>> --exclude-from=c:\rsync\includes.txt /cygdrive/c/ mike at puk::LaptopBackup
>>
>> includes.txt:
>> + /Databases/    #Include /Databases & subfolders
>>
>> + /Documents and Settings/     #Include /Documents and Settings &
>> subfolders - /Documents and Settings/NetworkService/     #Exclude
>> /NetworkService subfolders - /Documents and Settings/LocalService/
>> #Exclude /LocalService subfolders - /Documents and Settings/All Users/
>> #Exclude /All Users subfolders - /Documents and Settings/Default Users/
>> #Exclude /Default Users subfolders
>>
>> + /Inetpub/    #Include /Inetpub & subfolders
>> + /Inetpub/wwwroot/    #Include /Inetpub/wwwroot & subfolders
>> - /Inetpub/*    #Exclude /files and other folders?? in Inetpub
>>
>> + /Plus11/
>> + /Plus11/MYOBData/
>> + /Plus11/Forms/
>> + /Plus11/Old*/    #Include folders that start with Old
>> - /Plus11/*
>>
>> + /rsync/
>>
>> - *.tmp    #Exclude all *.tmp files
>> - Temp/    #Exclude all Temp folders
>> - UserData/    #Exclude all UserData folders
>> - *.dmp
>> - Temporary Internet Files/
>> - cache/
>> - RECYCLER/
>> - Help/
>> - /*     #exclude not specifically included files * folders in the root.