rsync - Jan 2007 - has this been asked about before ? multilple exclude files

I'm was wondering if this has been asked about/for


multiple exclude-from files ? Where I could find this
useful is say I had a common or base exclusion list
for all my AIX boxes --exclude-from=/foo/aix_base

Then be able to add for say all my AIX boxes that are
running SAP

  --exclude-from=/foo/aix_base --exclude-from=/foo/sap

  or

  --exclude-from=/foo/aix-base,/foo/sap

and so on ...

-pete

One tip I got when asking for something similar is this trick:

 rsync
  -a -e "ssh -i /etc/webackup.d/ssh/id_dsa" --recursive --compress
--numeric-ids
  --modify-window=1 --timeout=120 --files-from=-
  --partial --partial-dir='/webackup/host/linux/partial'
  --link-dest='/webackup/host/linux/2007-01-27 02.00.02' --filter='.
/dev/fd/3'
  -vi --stats -h
  root@192.168.10.123:'/'
  '/webackup/host/linux/2007-01-28 02.00.01' << ENDFILES 3<<
ENDFILTER
etc
usr/local/bin
usr/local/sbin
var/spool/cron
 ENDFILES
. /etc/webackup.d/filters/default
. /etc/webackup.d/filters/default.linux
- mrtg
- adjtime
- statistics
- random_seed
- mtab
- ioctl.save
- aliases.db
- printcap
- secrets.tdb
- .thumbnails
 ENDFILTER

Notice how both --files-from and --filter are directed from heredoc texts.
The filter "includes" two other filter files:  default and
default.linux

-- 
Jannes Faber


On 1/28/07, Lancashire, Pete <plancashire@ci.portland.or.us>
wrote:
>
> I'm was wondering if this has been asked about/for
>
>
> multiple exclude-from files ? Where I could find this
> useful is say I had a common or base exclusion list
> for all my AIX boxes --exclude-from=/foo/aix_base
>
> Then be able to add for say all my AIX boxes that are
> running SAP
>
>   --exclude-from=/foo/aix_base --exclude-from=/foo/sap
>
>   or
>
>   --exclude-from=/foo/aix-base,/foo/sap
>
> and so on ...
>
> -pete
>
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On 1/28/07, Lancashire, Pete <plancashire@ci.portland.or.us>
wrote:
> multiple exclude-from files ?
Yes, rsync supports as many exclude-from files as you want.  You even
guessed the correct syntax:
>   --exclude-from=/foo/aix_base --exclude-from=/foo/sap
Matt

thanks, swore I had tested it :(

-pete .. time to read the man page (again)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt McCutchen [mailto:hashproduct+rsync@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:12 PM
> To: Lancashire, Pete
> Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: has this been asked about before ? multilple 
> exclude files
> 
> 
> On 1/28/07, Lancashire, Pete <plancashire@ci.portland.or.us> wrote:
> > multiple exclude-from files ?
> 
> Yes, rsync supports as many exclude-from files as you want.  You even
> guessed the correct syntax:
> 
> >   --exclude-from=/foo/aix_base --exclude-from=/foo/sap
> 
> Matt
>