Re: openrsync --exclude patterns?

On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 01:01:47PM -0600, Luke A. Call wrote:
> The openrsync manual page mentions patterns for things like --exclude.
> Is there a reference for those patterns that I could check? Or is it the
> same as rsync?

It should be mostly like rsync. Right now only -, + and ! are supported as
flags and IIRC no modifiers are supported either. The pattern matching rules
should be the same, ?, *, **, char classes [ ], and *** should work.
There are some minor differences when it comes to some interpretation of
bad patterns. See regress/usr.bin/rsync-unit/rmatch_test.c for examples.

So if you have a case where it does not work then please report.
Filters in rsync are very complex (or totally overdesigned).

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:wq Claudio