https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4764
[EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | ------- Comment #3 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-07-05 17:13 CST ------- I have tried that too, but without any luck: INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERN RULES You can include and exclude files by specifying patterns using the "+", "-", etc. filter rules (as introduced in the FILTER RULES section above). The include/exclude rules each specify a pattern that is matched against the names of the files that are going to be transferred. These patterns can take several forms: o if the pattern starts with a / then it is anchored to a particular spot in the hierarchy of files, oth- erwise it is matched against the end of the pathname. This is similar to a leading ^ in regular expres- sions. Thus "/foo" would match a file named "foo" at either the "root of the transfer" (for a global rule) or in the merge-fileâs directory (for a per- directory rule). An unqualified "foo" would match any file or directory named "foo" anywhere in the tree because the algorithm is applied recursively from the top down; it behaves as if each path component gets a turn at being the end of the file name. Even the unanchored "sub/foo" would match at any point in the hierarchy where a "foo" was found within a direc- tory named "sub". See the section on ANCHORING INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERNS for a full discussion of how to specify a pattern that matches at the root of the transfer. o if the pattern ends with a / then it will only match a directory, not a file, link, or device. if this where true, an --exclude-from file + 6/ - * should only match directories named '6'. For example core/6 update/6 and so on. Could you please explain me, why I am seeing with this rule above $ rsync -av --exclude-from=exclude.txt rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/ [...] receiving file list ... done drwxr-xr-x 77 2007/05/21 23:37:48 . sent 101 bytes received 787 bytes 118.40 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 The driectories '6' are not matched at all --- and there are some of them within this hierarchy! At least these I expect to be listed! Changing the rule to + 6/ + 6/* - * if following the description should make it match all files within any directory named '6'. But again: $ rsync -av --exclude-from=exclude.txt rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/ [...] receiving file list ... done drwxr-xr-x 77 2007/05/21 23:37:48 . sent 110 bytes received 787 bytes 94.42 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 o rsync chooses between doing a simple string match and wildcard matching by checking if the pattern con- tains one of these three wildcard characters: â*â, â?â, and â[â . o a â*â matches any non-empty path component (it stops at slashes). if this where true, the rule + */*/* - * would match any file or directory like core/6/... But: $ rsync -av --exclude-from=exclude.txt rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/ [...] receiving file list ... done drwxr-xr-x 77 2007/05/21 23:37:48 . sent 104 bytes received 787 bytes 93.79 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 No match at all! o use â**â to match anything, including slashes. o a â?â matches any character except a slash (/). o a â[â introduces a character class, such as [a-z] or [[:alpha:]]. o in a wildcard pattern, a backslash can be used to escape a wildcard character, but it is matched liter- ally when no wildcards are present. o if the pattern contains a / (not counting a trailing /) or a "**", then it is matched against the full pathname, including any leading directories. If the pattern doesnât contain a / or a "**", then it is matched only against the final component of the filename. (Remember that the algorithm is applied recursively so "full filename" can actually be any portion of a path from the starting directory on down.) If this where true, the rule + /**/6 - * would match all files or directories '6'. But: $ rsync -av --exclude-from=exclude.txt rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/ [...] receiving file list ... done drwxr-xr-x 77 2007/05/21 23:37:48 . sent 104 bytes received 787 bytes 93.79 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 No match at all! o a trailing "dir_name/***" will match both the directory (as if "dir_name/" had been specified) and all the files in the directory (as if "dir_name/**" had been specified). (This behavior is new for version 2.6.7.) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.samba.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html