rsync - Nov 2001 - rsync exclude/include

I want to rsync only a small part of a directory tree. I've set up an
exclude and an include file:

exclude holds:
/*

include holds:
/iso/1.5.*/i386

I am calling rsync using

rsync -avz --include-from="include" --exclude-from="exclude"
ftp3.sourceforge.net::/netbsd/iso iso/

but nothing happens. No files transfered. But I would expect rsync to
transfer files:

/iso/1.5.1/i386cd.iso
/iso/1.5.1/i386pkg1.iso
/iso/1.5.1/i386pkg2.iso
/iso/1.5.1/i386pkg3.iso
/iso/1.5.2/i386cd.iso
/iso/1.5.1/i386pkg1.iso
/iso/1.5.1/i386pkg2.iso
/iso/1.5.1/i386pkg3.iso

Can one explane why rsync doesn't transfer there files and point me to some
error in my include/exclude files?

Thanks in advance!

--
Thomas

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
> I am calling rsync using
> 
> rsync -avz --include-from="include"
--exclude-from="exclude"
> ftp3.sourceforge.net::/netbsd/iso iso/
Looks like you didn't copy that command exactly, because rsync would
fail with a syntax error due to the '/' before the netbsd module name.
Also, you're creating an iso dir inside your local iso dir, which is
probably not what you want.  With the include/exclude file Dave gave
you, you'd need to run this command (changing "iso/" into
"."):

rsync -avz --include-from=foo ftp3.sourceforge.net::netbsd/iso .

However, I'd suggest one a little simpler:  add a trailing slash to the
root directory you're requesting and you can leave off the references to
it (and put the data wherever you like, even if the directory isn't
named "iso").  You would run this command:

rsync -avz --include-from=foo ftp3.sourceforge.net::netbsd/iso/ myiso

And put this into "foo":

+ /1.5.*/
+ /1.5.*/i386*
- *

You'll note I also used a trailing slash for the directory include since
I don't want any files that match to be included (there are none here,
but it's a good general principle).

..wayne..

Dave Dykstra <dwd@bell-labs.com> on 13.11.2001 17:41:22

An:   Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle@fiducia.de>, rsync@lists.samba.org
Kopie:
Thema:    Re: rsync exclude/include

> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:00:59AM -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote:
> ...
>> A simplification is this:
>>
>>     + /iso
>>     + /iso/1.5.*
>>     + /iso/1.5.*/i386*
>>     - *
>>
>> because if you don't have the slash preceding the exclude
"*" it
>> applies at all levels.
>
> Wait, if i386* matches directories and not just files you'll need
>
>    + /iso
>    + /iso/1.5.*
>    + /iso/1.5.*/i386**
>    - *
>
> so that it will include all files below the i386* directories.
> Any double asterisk in a pattern tells the matching routine to
> go beyond slashes.
No. No solution. No files. Nothing. Definitively something wrong with these
matching routines.
--
Thomas

Dave Dykstra <dwd@bell-labs.com> on 15.11.2001 17:57:08

An:   Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle@fiducia.de>
Kopie:    rsync@lists.samba.org
Thema:    Re: rsync exclude/include

On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 05:17:32PM +0100, Thomas Schweikle wrote:

[...]
>   + /1.5.*
>   + /1.5.*/i386**
>   - *
>
> I just ran that list against "ftp3.sourceforge.net::netbsd/iso/"
> and it worked.
The tip lookung at
http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/1999-October/001440.html was what I
needed. Now since it is more clear what rsync was trying to do, I got it
working.

Thanks a lot!

--
Thomas