Re: downloading only specific directories from directory tree
An include only overrides an exclude that follows it. So, you would need something like this: + */ + openSUSE_13.2/*** - * Then add --prune-empty-dirs to your rsync command line. I left off the initial ** because it doesn't really mean anything unless openSUSE_13.2 isn't always the entire directory name in which case 1 * would do. Another way to explain it is that by default everything is included. An exclude rule makes exceptions. An include rule makes exceptions to the exclude rule. On 01/20/2017 06:08 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote: > Hello: > > I have read rsync manual and several howtos on how to use rsync, still > I don't know if it's doable what I want to do, and if yes, how. > > The scenario: > > I would like to make a local copy of openSUSE 13.2 repositories. > I use openSUSE linux. > > The repos are located in a multi-level directory structure, eg: > > ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/opensuse/repositories/ > > Let's call this directory the root dir. > > Each directory in the root has subdirectories, and one of the > subdirectories > is named "openSUSE_13.2". The openSUSE_13.2 dir can be one, two, or more > level > downstairs in the root dir, eg: > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache/openSUSE_13.2/ > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache:/MirrorBrain/openSUSE_13.2/ > > > There are plenty of directories in the root dir, and each subdirectory can > have several subdirectories. > > Is it possible, using rsync, to download only all "openSUSE_13.2" > directories with > their contents, without specifying directly one by one every subdirectory > to be included or excluded? > > I tried to use filters.txt file with content: > > + **openSUSE_13.2/*** > > with this command: > > rsync -av --include-from=filters.txt > rsync://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/opensuse/repositories/ ./ > > This downloads every directory. How can I exclude those are not > openSUSE_13.2? > > Thanks, > > Istvan > -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone:(407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Floridak...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- 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
downloading only specific directories from directory tree
Hello: I have read rsync manual and several howtos on how to use rsync, still I don't know if it's doable what I want to do, and if yes, how. The scenario: I would like to make a local copy of openSUSE 13.2 repositories. I use openSUSE linux. The repos are located in a multi-level directory structure, eg: ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/opensuse/repositories/ Let's call this directory the root dir. Each directory in the root has subdirectories, and one of the subdirectories is named "openSUSE_13.2". The openSUSE_13.2 dir can be one, two, or more level downstairs in the root dir, eg: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache/openSUSE_13.2/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache:/MirrorBrain/openSUSE_13.2/ There are plenty of directories in the root dir, and each subdirectory can have several subdirectories. Is it possible, using rsync, to download only all "openSUSE_13.2" directories with their contents, without specifying directly one by one every subdirectory to be included or excluded? I tried to use filters.txt file with content: + **openSUSE_13.2/*** with this command: rsync -av --include-from=filters.txt rsync://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/opensuse/repositories/ ./ This downloads every directory. How can I exclude those are not openSUSE_13.2? Thanks, Istvan -- 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
Re: Ownership and permissions when syncing directory contents
> > That is as documented. You are requesting that the directory is synced > to c, preserving all attributes (due to -a) so rsync does that. > Ah... the attributes of the containing directory are transferred to the containing directory on the destination. I read that but failed to absorb it. I guess it could clarify that, where there are multiple source directories, it's the FIRST containing directory's attributes that are transferred. But thanks, that explains it. -- 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
Re: Ownership and permissions when syncing directory contents
On Fri 20 Jan 2017, John Lane wrote: > > When you rsync a directory, say `$rsync mydir/ ...` with the trailing > slash, the destination directory is changed to the ownership, > permissions and timestamp of `mydir`. > $ rsync -a a/ b/ c > $ ls -ld c > drwxr-xr-x 2 john users 4096 Jun 15 1985 c > > The directory 'c' now has the timestamp of the file 'a' > > Furthermore, if the copy is done with root, the ownership and > permissions of the file are also propagated to the directory. Note the > destination directory gains the properties of the first source directory > with a trailing slash. That is as documented. You are requesting that the directory is synced to c, preserving all attributes (due to -a) so rsync does that. Paul -- 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
Ownership and permissions when syncing directory contents
When you rsync a directory, say `$rsync mydir/ ...` with the trailing slash, the destination directory is changed to the ownership, permissions and timestamp of `mydir`. Consider this simple example $ mkdir test $ cd test $ mkdir a b $ touch -d '01 jan 1980' a/A $ touch -d '15 jun 1985' a $ touch -d '02 feb 1990' b/B $ touch -d '25 aug 1995' b $ mkdir c Note the directory 'c' timestamp: $ ls -ld c drwxr-xr-x 2 john users 4096 Jan 7 20:50 c Now, rsync: $ rsync -a a/ b/ c $ ls -ld c drwxr-xr-x 2 john users 4096 Jun 15 1985 c The directory 'c' now has the timestamp of the file 'a' Furthermore, if the copy is done with root, the ownership and permissions of the file are also propagated to the directory. Note the destination directory gains the properties of the first source directory with a trailing slash. I am using: rsync version 3.1.2 protocol version 31 Linux 4.8.13-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 9 07:24:34 CET 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux Am I using it correctly, or is this a bug or is it expected behaviour ? -- 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
