Fwd: Problem with file exclusion pattern

Kevin Korb
Sun, 01 May 2022 00:22:34 -0000

Includes override excludes that follow.  So, your include of * meant
that nothing was being excluded.  An exclude before any includes isn't
affected by the includes.

On 4/30/22 20:04, H via rsync wrote:
> On 04/30/2022 07:56 PM, H via rsync wrote:
>>
>> Ah, I was under the impression that all inclusion patterns need to
>> preceed the exclusion patterns?
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: 	Re: Problem with file exclusion pattern
>> Date: 	Sat, 30 Apr 2022 18:49:22 -0400
>> From: 	Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net>
>> To: 	H <agents at meddatainc.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> Drop the include of * or move the exclude of *.~lock* before it.  Also,
>> -c is almost always a bad idea.
>>
>> On 4/30/22 18:18, H via rsync wrote:
>> > I am running rsync on Linux and have yet to find the appropriate
pattern to exclude files containing '.~lock' as part of the name of
files existing in any directory, ie ~/test and below.
>> >
>> > rsync -vHrltDium -c --chmod=Du+rwx,go-rwx,Fu+rw,go-rw --no-perms
--stats --include='*' --include='*/'
--exclude='*.~lock*' --exclude='*' -e "ssh -y -p 22"
~/test/ someone at 1.2.3.4:~/test
>> >
>> > Can anyone point out what I have missed in the above?
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> >
>>
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>>
> When I dropped the '*' include it did not sync files in the topmost
> directory? Perhaps it always needs to be included among the options?
>
>

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