rsync - Apr 2007 - Need help to rsynch the directory structure only excluding the files from remote to local.

Hi Tim,
I tried using the rsync like how you specified in your example and it
worked fine. But when I tried it between my UNIX box and a remote
server the command would just not complete and give any output
whatsoever.
This is how I did it:
rsync -av --include '*/' --exclude '*'
tashaikh@remotebox:/dw/etl/home/
prod/log/ /export/home/tashaikh/auto/log

In the above I need to copy the directory structure under log
directory on the remote box to the log directory on the local box.
Please let me know if I am doing anything wrong or if there is any
other method of doing this.

Thanks,
Tariq.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Daniel.J.B...@Cummins.com
Date: Jun 18 2001, 5:38 am
Subject: RSync directory structure only
To: mailing.unix.rsync


Hello,

Thanks for the quick response Tim!!

I tried using the excludes you mentioned but it doesn't seem to work.
Every file still gets copied.

I also tried to have the remote machine execute a command to generate
a
file list but this didn't seem to work either:

rsync -av server:`find /dir1/dir2 -type d` dest

Anybody have any other ideas?

Thanks!
Dan

                    Tim
Potter
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Daniel.J.B...@Cummins.com
                    .com>                cc:
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                                         Subject:     Re:
RSyncdirectorystructureonly
 
06/17/01
 
18:11



Daniel.J.B...@Cummins.com writes:
> Is there a way to use rsync to replicate adirectorystructureonly and
not
> the files in thedirectorystructure?
Try this:

rsync -av --include '*/' --exclude '*' source-dir dest-dir

Tim.