A question about rsync filters, not sure if I understand the man page
Chris Green
cl at isbd.net
Wed Jul 17 07:17:29 UTC 2024
On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 05:56:28PM +0200, Francis.Montagnac at inria.fr wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:00:47 +0100 Chris Green via rsync wrote:
>
> > I run a daily backup using 'rsync -a -F ....'
>
> > I want to exclude everything in ~/.local/share **except** the file:-
>
> > /home/chris/.local/share/evolution/calendar/system/calendar.ics
>
> > I have the following in my rsync-filter file to exclude ~/.local/share
>
> > - .local/share
>
> > Can I simply add the following before the exclude line:-
>
> > + /home/chris/.local/share/evolution/calendar/system/calendar.ics
>
> No. Assuming you are doing this backup from your homedir, you should
> add to your .rsync-filter file:
>
> + /.local/
> + /.local/share/
> + /.local/share/evolution/
> + /.local/share/evolution/calendar/
> + /.local/share/evolution/calendar/system/
> + /.local/share/evolution/calendar/system/calendar.ics
> - /.local/share/**
>
> The leading / does not means the / of the machine, but the root of the
> transfer (assuming this is your homedir).
>
Brilliant, thank you, that clarifies the explanation in the man page
which did *seem* to be saying what you have laid out above but I
wasn't quite sure. You have made it very clear! :-)
--
Chris Green
More information about the rsync
mailing list