files-from and filter from one file?

[Wayne Davison]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:45:19PM +0200, Jannes Faber wrote:
> Is it possible to somehow combine --files-from and --filter into one file,
> so that I can use one here-document?

No, but as long as you don't have a huge number of --files-from lines,
you can just turn them into command-line args and get the same effect.
For instance, this command, given an input of "foo/one" and "bar/two":

  rsync -av --files-from=list.txt /src /dest

is entirely the same as this command (note absense of -r and presence
of -R, and use of embedded /./ dir):

  rsync -RlptgoDv /src/./foo/one /src/./bar/two /dest

The use of /./ requires a very recent rsync (at least 2.6.7).  Older
rsync versions require a chdir instead, perhaps in a sub-shell:

  (cd /src && rsync -RlptgoDv foo/one bar/two /dest)

..wayne..