rsync - Aug 2009 - rsync 3.0.4 under cygwin: problems with --exclude

Hi all,
I'm trying to backup a disk using rsync but I need to exclude some folder.
I'm using rsync 3.0.4 under cygwin on a winxp machine.
The script that I use is:

# ---------------------------------------------------------------- #
SRCDIR=/cygdrive/d
LOGDIR=/cygdrive/f
BCKDIR=/cygdrive/f/Backup

rsync -auv --progress --delete --delete-excluded --log-file=$LOGDIR/`date
+%Y%m%d`.log --exclude from='/cygdrive/f/.bak_exclude' $SRCDIR/ $BCKDIR
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- #

and my file where there is the list of excluded folders looks like:

# ---------------------------------------------------------------- #
- /cygdrive/d/Software/
- /cygdrive/d/Intel/
- /cygdrive/d/Sysprep2003/
- /cygdrive/d/RECYCLER/
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- #

The problem is that rsync is not skipping these folders. If I increase the
verbosity level this is the output

# ---------------------------------------------------------------- #
[client] parse_filter_file(/cygdrive/f/.bak_exclude,0,3)
[client] add_rule(-s /cygdrive/d/Software/)
[client] add_rule(-s /cygdrive/d/Intel/)
[client] add_rule(-s /cygdrive/d/Sysprep2003/)
[client] add_rule(-s /cygdrive/d/RECYCLER/)
sending incremental file list
[sender] make_file(.,*,0)
[sender] make_file(Documents,*,2)
[sender] make_file(Downloads,*,2)
[sender] make_file(Intel,*,2)
[sender] make_file(Matlab_Fuctions,*,2)
[sender] make_file(Personal,*,2)
[sender] make_file(RECYCLER,*,2)
[sender] make_file(Scripts,*,2)
[sender] make_file(Software,*,2)
[sender] make_file(Sysprep2003,*,2)
[sender] make_file(System Volume Information,*,2)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- #

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for any help.
Cheers
Ale
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On Tue 18 Aug 2009, Alessandro Toso wrote:
> 
> rsync -auv --progress --delete --delete-excluded --log-file=$LOGDIR/`date
> +%Y%m%d`.log --exclude from='/cygdrive/f/.bak_exclude' $SRCDIR/
$BCKDIR
If this is your exact command, then you're excluding the file
"from='/cygdrive/f/.bak_exclude'"

You probably meant --exclude-from='/cygdrive/f/.bak_exclude'
(note the dash between --exclude and from).
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------- #
> 
> and my file where there is the list of excluded folders looks like:
> 
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------- #
> - /cygdrive/d/Software/
> - /cygdrive/d/Intel/
As you're specifying this file for --exclude-from, the '-' at the
beginning is not needed.


Paul

On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 16:58 +0200, Alessandro Toso
wrote:
> I'm trying to backup a disk using rsync but I need to exclude some
folder. I'm using rsync 3.0.4 under cygwin on a winxp machine.
> The script that I use is:
> 
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------- #
> SRCDIR=/cygdrive/d
> LOGDIR=/cygdrive/f
> BCKDIR=/cygdrive/f/Backup
> 
> rsync -auv --progress --delete --delete-excluded --log-file=$LOGDIR/`date
+%Y%m%d`.log --exclude from='/cygdrive/f/.bak_exclude' $SRCDIR/ $BCKDIR
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------- #
> 
> and my file where there is the list of excluded folders looks like:
> 
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------- #
> - /cygdrive/d/Software/
> - /cygdrive/d/Intel/
> - /cygdrive/d/Sysprep2003/
> - /cygdrive/d/RECYCLER/
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------- #
> 
> The problem is that rsync is not skipping these folders.
Exclude patterns with a leading slash are interpreted from the root of
the transfer, in this case /cygdrive/d/ .  So you should not include
that prefix in your patterns.  See "ANCHORING INCLUDE/EXCLUDE
PATTERNS"
in the rsync man page for more details.

-- 
Matt