Fwd: Problem with file exclusion pattern

H agents at meddatainc.com
Sun May 1 00:48:00 UTC 2022


On 04/30/2022 08:22 PM, Kevin Korb via rsync wrote:
> Includes override excludes that follow.  So, your include of * meant that nothing was being excluded.  An exclude before any includes isn't affected by the includes.
>
> On 4/30/22 20:04, H via rsync wrote:
>> On 04/30/2022 07:56 PM, H via rsync wrote:
>>>
>>> Ah, I was under the impression that all inclusion patterns need to preceed the exclusion patterns?
>>>
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>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject:     Re: Problem with file exclusion pattern
>>> Date:     Sat, 30 Apr 2022 18:49:22 -0400
>>> From:     Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net>
>>> To:     H <agents at meddatainc.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Drop the include of * or move the exclude of *.~lock* before it.  Also,
>>> -c is almost always a bad idea.
>>>
>>> On 4/30/22 18:18, H via rsync wrote:
>>> > I am running rsync on Linux and have yet to find the appropriate pattern to exclude files containing '.~lock' as part of the name of files existing in any directory, ie ~/test and below.
>>> > > rsync -vHrltDium -c --chmod=Du+rwx,go-rwx,Fu+rw,go-rw --no-perms --stats --include='*' --include='*/' --exclude='*.~lock*' --exclude='*' -e "ssh -y -p 22" ~/test/ someone at 1.2.3.4:~/test
>>> > > Can anyone point out what I have missed in the above?
>>> > > Thank you.
>>> > >
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>> When I dropped the '*' include it did not sync files in the topmost directory? Perhaps it always needs to be included among the options?
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>
Thank you. Would one ever put an exclude /after/ the includes?




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