--include-from doesn't include

[Davies, Roger]

Wayne, thanks for the quick reply. 

>You have neglected to add rules to let rsync get down into any of those
>parent dirs mentioned in this rule, so this rule will never encounter
>anything to match.  If you had specified this:
>
>+ Application Data/
>+ Application Data/IDMComp/
>+ Application Data/Mozilla/
>- Application Data/*

[RD] I actually tried this, and it seems the include lines are just
being ignored.  I've tried with the slash and without, as well as adding
from 1 to 3 asterisks in desperation.  Always with the same results, the
include lines are ignored.

SO, this exclude file

+ /Application\ Data/IDMComp/
+ /Application\ Data/Mozilla/
- /Application\ Data/*
- /Cookies/*
- /Desktop/*
- /Favorites/*
- /Local\ Settings/*
- /My Documents/Outlook/*
- /My Documents/My\ *
- /NetHood/*
- /PrintHood/*
- /Recent/*
- /SendTo/*
- /Start Menu/*
- /Templates/*
- .DCOPserver*
- .fonts*
- NTUSER*
- ntuser*
- /*.txt
- /*.exe.*

Is identical (in terms file results) to

- /Application\ Data/*
- /Cookies/*
- /Desktop/*
- /Favorites/*
- /Local\ Settings/*
- /My Documents/Outlook/*
- /My Documents/My\ *
- /NetHood/*
- /PrintHood/*
- /Recent/*
- /SendTo/*
- /Start Menu/*
- /Templates/*
- .DCOPserver*
- .fonts*
- NTUSER*
- ntuser*
- /*.txt
- /*.exe.*

>Other changes I
>assume you want (mainly removing a trailing '*' so that the directory
>is excluded in addition to its content):

[RD] Initially, I left the trailing '*' off, as you are absolutely
correct I would prefer not to get the directory at all.  However, if I
leave the '*' off, rsync is descending through the directory chain as if
there were no exclusion line at all. 

>It is also safer to anchor rules that should only match in one place by
>using a leading '/', but I'll let you figure out which ones should get
>that.

I did add some '/' anchors, and added a couple of additional lines with
anchors to exclude.

Thanks
Roger

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