Problem with excludes and includes

[Robert Parker]

Hi Folks,

I can't get the syntax of --include-from right, nothing at all gets
transferred.

The rsync command:
# do the backup
nice -n 15 rsync -av \
--include-from="/home/bob/backup_includes" \
--exclude-from="/home/bob/backup_excludes" \
$fromdir $todir

The excludes file:
.*
*~
Videos/
Downloads/
Dropbox/

The includes file:
.vimrc
.gitconfig
.bash_aliases
.bashrc
Videos/Music/Playlist/
Videos/Music/Originals/
Downloads/Iso/

I've spent hours on the man page getting nowhere.

Thanks Bob
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