rsync - Jun 2008 - rsync --delete (but not all files) question

Hi all,

getting started with rsync.  One of the best utilities I've used!  My
question is:

I am syncing from my local web development directory (/var/www/mysite) to
another drive shared by our dev team.  The copy I am syncing to is a local
subversion repository, and thus contains .svn directories.

So I want to sync from the dev directory (which doesn't have .svn
directories) to one that does.  However, I want to use the --delete option
for all files and directories *other* than these .svn directories.  I want
to keep the .svn directories as is, but otherwise sync the two directories
exactly, erasing files that no longer appear in the source directory.

I am also using an --exclude-from file to remove emacs (~) backup files and
such things.

I have something like:

rsync -va --delete --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES_FILE --stats /var/www/mysite
remoteDirectory

I'm not sure how to use --delete and still keep certain files / dirs (those
.svn dirs).

Any help would be appreciate.

Thanks,
GMF.

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On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 03:03:23AM -0700, GiveMF wrote:
> So I want to sync from the dev directory (which doesn't have .svn
> directories) to one that does.
An exclude does two things:  it prevents files that match from being
transferred from the sender, and it protects files that match from being
deleted on the receiver.  You can also specify those two actions
separately using a filter rule.  In your case, the easiest thing to do
is just to add "- .svn/" into your excludes so that all .svn
directories
are excluded.

..wayne..