[Linux-disciples] Rsync includes and excludes

[Stephen R Laniel]

The answer is here:
http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2004-May/009440.html

	Always include ALL the parent dirs when excluding '*'.  Also, consider
	using a less powerful trailing exclusion.  In the following example,
	I've put the include and exclude rules into a single file named "excl":
	
	% cat excl
	+ /usr/
	- /*
	+ /usr/etc/
	- /usr/*

In my case, I'd do

	+ /home
	- /*
	+ /home/slaniel
	- /home/*
	+ /home/slaniel/private
	- /home/slaniel/*
	+ /home/slaniel/private/consulting_gigs
	- /home/slaniel/private/*

which is annoying, but straightforward. I thought I could
just do

	+ /home/slaniel/private/consulting_gigs
	- **

but that's not the case.

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Stephen R. Laniel
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