Thanks everyone for your help, I've got what I want. Wayne Davison wrote: > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Thomas Gutzler > <thomas.gutz...@gmail.com <mailto:thomas.gutz...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I thought --include="/this_dir/" --include="/this_dir/***" would do it, > but it doesn't. The exclude * seems to overwrite the include matches: > [sender] hiding file this_dir/foo because of pattern * > > > Order is important. Whatever matches first, is what takes effect. > Also, *** matches both the dir and its contents, so you could use: > > --include='/this_dir/***' --exclude=*
It seems to be very picky about the order. Thanks for pointing that out. My first attempt has been --include="*/" --include="*.foo" --include="*.bar" --include="/this_dir/***" --exclude="*" which did nothing than *.foo and *.bar. Shuffling it around, I found that --include="*/" --include="/this_dir/***" --include="*.foo" --include="*.bar" --exclude="*" does what I want and it even makes sense. Cheers, Tom -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html