rsync - Apr 2015 - Rsync a directory via a linked name.

Hi all,

See the following for detail:

$ rsync -l ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/
[snip]
drwxr-sr-x          4,096 2015/01/10 18:17:33 .
lrwxrwxrwx             18 2015/01/10 18:16:31 current -> 20130613+deb7u2
+b4
drwxr-xr-x          4,096 2013/05/01 05:33:52 20130430
drwxr-sr-x          4,096 2015/01/05 17:25:32 20130613+deb7u2+b4

In the above case, the current is a link to 20130613+deb7u2, I want to 
use the name of link directory, i.e., current, to retrieve the correspond 
stuff from remote server to my local host.  At the same time, exclude all 
of the other stuff in the installer-amd64 directory, for this case, it 
should be the directory 20130430. 

Considering that the sub-directories in installer-amd64 are often be 
renamed except the link directory name `current', so I want to only use 
the `current' as the directory name in my include/exclude rules for the 
above jobs. 

Any hints on how to write this rsync rules? 

Regards
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Just go 1 deeper for your source: rsync -l
ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/

On 04/16/2015 06:21 AM, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> See the following for detail:
> 
> $ rsync -l
> ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/ 
> [snip] drwxr-sr-x          4,096 2015/01/10 18:17:33 . lrwxrwxrwx
> 18 2015/01/10 18:16:31 current -> 20130613+deb7u2 +b4 drwxr-xr-x
> 4,096 2013/05/01 05:33:52 20130430 drwxr-sr-x          4,096
> 2015/01/05 17:25:32 20130613+deb7u2+b4
> 
> In the above case, the current is a link to 20130613+deb7u2, I want
> to use the name of link directory, i.e., current, to retrieve the
> correspond stuff from remote server to my local host.  At the same
> time, exclude all of the other stuff in the installer-amd64
> directory, for this case, it should be the directory 20130430.
> 
> Considering that the sub-directories in installer-amd64 are often
> be renamed except the link directory name `current', so I want to
> only use the `current' as the directory name in my include/exclude
> rules for the above jobs.
> 
> Any hints on how to write this rsync rules?
> 
> Regards
> 
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On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:21:03 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote:
> Just go 1 deeper for your source: rsync -l
> ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/
Yes, I've tried this before.  But I also use the `--delete --delete-
excluded' with the above options.  And finally I found that the  current 
will not be retrieved, in fact it will be deleted at the end.

Then I noted the following args of rsync:

-L, --copy-links            transform symlink into referent file/dir
-K, --keep-dirlinks         treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir

So I finally use the command like this and it does the trick:

rsync -rlKLPv --delete --delete-excluded \
ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/

But, even though, I cann't figure out whether the method used by me is 
the most appropriate method or not for this case.

Regards
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