Excluding files with no extensions - windows cygwin client

[dreniarb]

Steven Monai-3 wrote:
> 
> dreniarb wrote:
>> using a standard rsync command line, with this as the --exclude-from
>> file:
>> 
>> + /*.pst
>> - *.*
>> 
>> While this does include only files with a .pst extension, it also
>> includes
>> files without an extension.  This means about 5000 files instead of just
>> a
>> handful.  Using the --prune-empty-dirs gets rid of the empty directories,
>> but not the files with no extensions.  
>> 
>> I've tried:
>> 
>> + /*.pst
>> - *.*
>> - *
>> 
>> and:
>> 
>> + /*.pst
>> - *.*
>> - /*
>> 
>> and:
>> 
>> + /*.pst
>> - *.*
>> - *.
>> 
>> but those cause no files to be copied at all, i assume because it's
>> forcing
>> it to exclude all directories.
>> 
>> So is there a way to tell rsync to ignore files with no extensions?
> 
> Yes, I think so. Try this:
> 
> + *.pst
> + */
> - *
> 
> (Use with --prune-empty-dirs, of course!)
> 
> -SM
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Awesome.  I did not even consider trying "+ */".   

and like you said, using the --prune-empty-dirs option keeps it nice and
clean.  very cool.

Thanks so much for the quick response.  I'm sure this will help someone else
down the road.
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