--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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