Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems..

From	Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems..
Followup-To	comp.os.linux.misc
Date	2013-06-20 18:04 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<kpvg78$usv$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 2013-06-19, David <david@55952163-3189045.bogus.domain.invalid> wrote:
> I've been struggling with rsync (and its helpfully voluminous, but somewhat
> confusing, man page) all day.. :-(
>
> ...
>
> # /name = anchor the name to the root of the transfer hierarchy
> RS_INCLUDE="
> --include='/webs/web1/php_includes/'
> --include='/webs/web1/php_snippets/'
> --include='/webs/web2/php/'
> "
>
> RS_EXCLUDE="
> --exclude='*'
> "

Rikishi42's suggestion of using the --include-from optiom is a good one.
It makes more sense to me to use that rather than multiple --include
options.

A cursory examination of your script (and I am by no means an expert)
indicates to me that you want to include everything in those three
directories and nothing else.  If so, why bother to use the --exclude
option?  You would then not have to worry about whether --exclude takes
precedence over --include, or if their order on the command line makes a
difference.
-- 
                                 Chick Tower

For e-mail:  colm DOT sent DOT towerboy AT xoxy DOT net

Thread

rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. David <david@55952163-3189045.bogus.domain.invalid> - 2013-06-19 15:17 +0000
  Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. Rikishi42 <skunkworks@rikishi42.net> - 2013-06-20 00:49 +0200
    Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. David <david@55952163-3189045.bogus.domain.invalid> - 2013-06-25 11:50 +0000
      Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. Rikishi42 <skunkworks@rikishi42.net> - 2013-06-26 01:59 +0200
  Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-06-20 10:16 +0100
    Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-20 14:19 +0100
      Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. David <david@55952163-3189045.bogus.domain.invalid> - 2013-06-25 11:17 +0000
  Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2013-06-20 10:57 +0100
    Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. David <david@55952163-3189045.bogus.domain.invalid> - 2013-06-25 11:40 +0000
      Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2013-06-25 21:00 +0100
  Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. dave.gma+news002@googlemail.com.invalid (Dave Gibson) - 2013-06-20 18:37 +0100
    Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. David <david@55952163-3189045.bogus.domain.invalid> - 2013-06-25 14:00 +0000
      Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-06-25 15:24 +0100
      Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. dave.gma+news002@googlemail.com.invalid (Dave Gibson) - 2013-06-25 19:23 +0100
  Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2013-06-20 18:04 +0000
  Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. dave.gma+news002@googlemail.com.invalid (Dave Gibson) - 2013-06-25 23:37 +0100
    Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. dave.gma+news002@googlemail.com.invalid (Dave Gibson) - 2013-06-26 01:54 +0100
    Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. David <david@55952163-3189045.bogus.domain.invalid> - 2013-06-28 16:12 +0000
      Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. dave.gma+news002@googlemail.com.invalid (Dave Gibson) - 2013-06-29 01:30 +0100
      Re: rsync: exclude all, then include only specified, wildcard problems.. Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2013-07-01 09:51 +0100

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