[Linux-disciples] Rsync includes and excludes

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Rsync includes and excludes have always confused me, for
> some reason; maybe it's because I don't write rsync command
> lines very often. In any case, here's what I want to do:
> include only the directory ~/private/consulting gigs, and
> exclude everything else. I thought that
> rsync -r --exclude '**' --include ~/private/consulting_gigs / remoteUser at domain.com

Why can't you just do:

  rsync -r ~/private/consulting_gigs remoteUser at domain.com:

??

Have you read the INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERN RULES part of the rsync manpage?

I think the way it works is that it stops at the first rule which matches;
in your example above, the exclude rule matches first, so that's all she wrote.

I think it's generally easier and more elegant to use a pattern file,
though, rather than try to get the rules on the command line.

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