--exclude-from works but "exclude from" in rsyncd.conf doesn't ?
jw schultz
jw at pegasys.ws
Wed May 7 12:09:11 EST 2003
On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 04:03:31PM +0100, Sam Sexton wrote:
> Regarding this reply from Pegasus that I found after reporting the
> problem as a bug:
>
>
> On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 10:15:47AM +0100, Sam Sexton wrote:
> > I'm setting rsync up for the first time and would prefer to
> have the
> > exclude file defined in the conf file, but the exclusions
> aren't
> > honoured when I define the parameter in rsyncd.conf - although
> they are
> > when I specify the file in an argument. The server is the
> remote system
> > and both rsyncd.conf and the exclude file are the same on both
> local and
> > remote systems. I'm attaching the test script and the conf
> file - am I
> > doing something wrong? I haven't verified that all the
> exclusions and
> > inclusions are correct - I may well have to adjust those, but
> this
> > report is based on the recognition of the kellym, projects and
> TT_DB
> > exclusion.
> >
> > BTW, let me assure you that the "exclude from" line in
> rsyncd.conf WAS
> > decommented when I was doing the testing!
>
> The rsyncd.conf manpage clearly states that the exclude list
> specified in the config file "only applies on the server".
> There is no point my quoting the whole section when you can
> read it yourself.
>
>
> I had that phrase highlighted in the man page - and had copied the
> exclusion file to the server (which is also the target). I mentioned
> this in the original report. Perhaps "only applies on the server" needs
> to be defined more precisely. Are you saying that the exclusions have to
> be defined in a file on the server _and_ the copy performed _from_ the
> server rather than _to_ it?
The manpage i'm looking at is quite explicit about what the
exclude option does and doesn't apply to. Perhaps you are
reading an old manpage.
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