[CentOS] rsync

Glenn
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:40:01 -0000

At 02:09 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote:

>On Friday 07 March 2008 18:40:03 Craig White wrote:
> > I've gone over and over the man page and I don't get it and
it's
> > obviously a simple task
> >
> > I want to rsync a directory but only the pdf files...
> >
> > rsync -ncauv --include=*.pdf $WORKING $WEB_SERVER
> > # sync's everything, I want to exclude stuff
> >
> > rsync -ncauv --filter='+ *.pdf' --filter='+ *.odt *.ott
*.eps' \
> > $WORKING $WEB_SERVER
> > # sync's everything...does not seem to exclude anything
> >
> > rsync -ncauv --filter='. /root/scripts/qm_manual_filter' \
> > $WORKING $WEB_SERVER
> > # cat qm_manual_filter
> > - *
> > + *pdf
> >
> > excludes everything
> >
> > I am using -n for dry-run
> > I definitely need recursive but -a option handles that
> >
>I don't know if it would work, but could you
>use --exclude-from=/path/to/skiplist.txt to exclude everything then use your
>filter line to add .pdfs back?
>
>I've not tried adding anything back after excluding.  You can certainly
use
>wild cards in your skiplist, such as *.odt *.ott *.eps
>
>Anne

I think Anne has got the solution here: --exclude-from= switch. I've
been using rsync for years and never could get the --exclude= switch
to work, but --exclude-from= works a charm. That said, I've always
had problems with tar -exclude switches too, so take my advice with a
grain o' salt.

Cheers!


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