rsync - Sep 2005 - Exclude directoy

Hi!

Just a stupid question:

If I want to exclude all directories in different locations named for example
"binary" but not files with name "binary", which exclude
command I have to use?

--exclude *binary*

...I thougt that this is the right one...but unfortunately it excludes also
files which contains the "binary" name!?

kind regards
martin

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:33:47AM +0200, Martin Kammerlander
wrote:
> If I want to exclude all directories in different locations named for
> example "binary" but not files with name "binary",
which exclude
> command I have to use?
In the manpage, there is a section entitled INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERN
RULES that explains this (quoting):

  -  if the pattern ends with a / then it will only match a directory,
     not a file, link, or device.

So, the option you want is:

    --exclude=binary/

See the manpage for why you don't need the '*'s (unless
"binary" is only
a part of the filename, e.g. "binarydir" or "2nd-binary"
would require
the use of wildcards to block them all with one exclude):

    http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html

..wayne..