Another Question about include-from

[Max Kipness]

I know this subject has been discussed time and time again, but
everytime I think I've figured it out, I get stuck again.

Here is the file structure, root is /:

/var
/etc
/otherdir1
/otherdir2

I want to rsync the following:

/var/spool/mail
but nothing else in /var or /var/spool/
/etc/httpd/
/etc/mail/
but nothing else in /etc

Do I have to do this for example?
+ /var/
+/var/spool/
+ /var/spool/mail/
- /var/spool/dir1
- /var/spool/dir2
- /var/spool/dir3
- /var/dir1
- /var/dir2
 -/etc, etc
-/*

And exclude every other dir at that level? Is there not a better way? Is
this what the --files-from patch is for?

Thanks,
Max