rsync - Jan 2008 - --exclude patterns

Hi,

I want to rsync a large number of files from A to B, but I need
to exclude certain files.  Specifically, A has
/test/runs/{1,2,3,...,2500}, i.e., about 2500 directories here.
However, I only want to transfer the directories that are
numbered 2000 or higher, i.e., I want to exclude
/test/runs/{1,2,3,...,1999}, so I tried this:

rsync --include='/test/runs/***' \
--exclude='--exclude=/test/runs/? --exclude=/test/runs/??
--exclude=/test/runs/??? --exclude=/test/runs/1???' \
-avz -e ssh --progress --delete $srcdir $dest:$destdir/

Should this work?  If so, maybe I just have some quoting problems...
If not, how do I need to modify the include/exclude patterns?

TIA.
---
~Randy

Just blowing through my email quickly, but have a thought.

I use include and exclude files rather than specifying them on the command
line. Using files, I would think that including /test/runs/2??? would work
and preclude the need for any excludes. I would think the same thing would
work on the command line and instead of including /test/runs/*** as you've
done (although I don't understand the three *'s), including
/test/runs/2???
would work.

I've never used the single character ? wildcard before, though. I assume
rsync will understand it.

I believe rsync can take regular expressions as include and excludes as well
so you have a great deal of flexibility there.

On Jan 25, 2008 10:02 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to rsync a large number of files from A to B, but I need
> to exclude certain files.  Specifically, A has
> /test/runs/{1,2,3,...,2500}, i.e., about 2500 directories here.
> However, I only want to transfer the directories that are
> numbered 2000 or higher, i.e., I want to exclude
> /test/runs/{1,2,3,...,1999}, so I tried this:
>
> rsync --include='/test/runs/***' \
> --exclude='--exclude=/test/runs/? --exclude=/test/runs/??
> --exclude=/test/runs/??? --exclude=/test/runs/1???' \
> -avz -e ssh --progress --delete $srcdir $dest:$destdir/
>
> Should this work?  If so, maybe I just have some quoting problems...
> If not, how do I need to modify the include/exclude patterns?
>
> TIA.
> ---
> ~Randy
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 06:02:07PM -0800, Randy Dunlap
wrote:
> rsync --include='/test/runs/***' \
> --exclude='--exclude=/test/runs/? --exclude=/test/runs/??
--exclude=/test/runs/??? --exclude=/test/runs/1???' \
> -avz -e ssh --progress --delete $srcdir $dest:$destdir/
Firstly, the weird option-inside-of-an-option thing is wrong.  Eliminate
the --exclude=' prefix and ' suffix.  Secondly, your include matches all
the things you're trying to exclude and comes before them, so none of
the excludes will have any effect.  Since including is the default, you
can just eliminate that option.  And finally, we need to know what
$srcdir is to know if your excludes are based properly.  If $srcdir is
/test/runs/, then your excludes need the dir prefixes removed:

--exclude='/?' --exclude='/??' --exclude='/???'
--exclude='/1???'

If $srcdir is /test/runs (w/o the trailing slash) add in a "/runs"
prefix, etc.  (Absolute exclude names should always match the verbose
output with a prefixed slash to anchor it.)

..wayne..