Re: Fwd: Problem with file exclusion pattern
H via rsync <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.rsync.general |
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On 04/30/2022 09:13 PM, Kevin Korb via rsync wrote: > Sure, that is the way it normally works. By default everything is included. Excludes exclude things. Includes are exceptions to includes that follow. > > Note that this can get very complicated. --exclude-from=file.txt makes things much easier as you can use the +/- syntax to put both includes and excludes into the same file. > > On 4/30/22 20:48, H via rsync wrote: >> 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? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >>>>> Subject: Re: Problem with file exclusion pattern >>>>> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 18:49:22 -0400 >>>>> From: Kevin Korb <[email protected]> >>>>> To: H <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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/ [email protected]:~/test >>>>>>> Can anyone point out what I have missed in the above? >>>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., >>>>> Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 >>>>> Systems Administrator Internet: >>>>> FutureQuest, Inc. [email protected] (work) >>>>> Orlando, Florida [email protected] (personal) >>>>> Web page: https://sanitarium.net/ >>>>> PGP public key available on web site. >>>>> ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., >>>>> >>>>> >>>> When I dropped the '*' include it did not sync files in the topmost directory? Perhaps it always needs to be included among the options? >>>> >>>> >>> >> Thank you. Would one ever put an exclude /after/ the includes? >> >> > I did some more googling and now believe I may have a better understanding of include and exclude patterns, particularly that they are always evaluated in order. Thank you for your help. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html