rsync - Mar 2006 - does include not outomaticaly exclude not matching files ?

Hello,

I was trying to syncronize two directories with --include="*800*" or
"800*"
or "/800*", but I always et the same file list. Does option --include
not
outomaticaly exclude not matching files ?

/usr/local/bin/rsync -n --include="800*" --rsh=remsh
--rsync-path=/usr/local/bin/rsync -rzpogctS --log-format=%f /data/DWG/N/5225
plot1:/data/DWG/N
building file list ... done
5225/00/80024270N
5225/01/31001775N.a
5225/01/80020066N
5225/01/80023172N
wrote 23771 bytes  read 36 bytes  3174.27 bytes/sec
total size is 64085705  speedup is 2691.88

I used rsync version 2.5.6 on HP-UX 10.20

Also I get alwazs the same output independent of my --log-format.

Please help.

Best regards

Horst Liesinger
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 09:21:16AM +0100, Liesinger Horst
wrote:
> Does option --include not outomaticaly exclude not matching files ?
No, it does not.  All files are included by default, so if you don't
exclude anything, no changes will be made to rsync's actions.  Adding an
--exclude='*' option to the end is common, but given that you're
expecting subdirectories to be entered to get to the files, you'll also
need to add --include='*/' before the exclude so that subdirectories are
included too (see the man page for full details of why this is the
case).

See also the --prune-empty-dirs option in 2.6.7 if you end up with
unwanted empty directories on the receiving side.

..wayne..