Cannot get the syntax of --include-from right

[Robert Parker]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Steven Levine <steve53 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> In <CAAykW6mMRiTVqt0KrrcgYiwNvz7kjHNQC76=rJc+c=+Qpg3b3Q at mail.gmail.com>,
> on 09/16/11
>   at 07:34 PM, Robert Parker <rlp1938 at gmail.com> said:
>
> HI Robert,
>
<snipped>
>
> The paths in your --include-from file must be relative to $fromdir.
>
> In general, this is true of all paths other than paths specified on the
> command line.
>
> The paths on the command line effectively create logic roots and the other
> paths will be relative to these paths.

Thank you Steven,

The revised script part:
nice -n 15 rsync -av --include-from="/home/bob/backup_includes" \
--exclude=".*" "$fromdir" "$todir"

and backup_files:
.vimrc
.gitconfig
.bash_aliases
.bashrc

And my backup script is now doing exactly what I want it to do.

Bob Parker


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