trying to understand --include and --exclude

2005-11-27 Thread Phil Howard
I was under the impression that --include and --exclude worked by matching patterns in the order given, and whichever matched first, whether that was an include or exclude determined the action for that file. I have a big directory from which I am attempting to transfer selected files. I want all

Re: trying to understand --include and --exclude

2005-11-27 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 11:10:39AM -0600, Phil Howard wrote: > --include '**/2005/07.tar.bz2' --exclude '**' Taken from the manpage: Note that, when using the --recursive (-r) option (which is implied by -a), every subcomponent of every path is visited from the top down, so includ

Re: trying to understand --include and --exclude

2005-11-27 Thread Aaron Morris
On 11/27/05, Phil Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was under the impression that --include and --exclude worked by matching > patterns in the order given, and whichever matched first, whether that was > an include or exclude determined the action for that file. I have a big > directory from w

Re: doubt regarding rsync password file

2005-11-27 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 14:49 +0530, Krishnaprasad wrote: > I am facing a problem while copying a file to a remote system by > specifying password in a password file. While trying to copy with > password file it again prompts for the password. > what may be the reason Are you using SSH? --password-

Mini-HOWTO: Fixing rsync on Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.x)

2005-11-27 Thread J.D. Bakker
[Now the horse has left the barn, I decided to finally implement that backup system I'd been thinking about for ages. Disk crashes can be great motivators] [Web-location for the living version of this document: http://www.lartmaker.nl/rsync/] Goal: Producing a working network backup / cloni

GUI for rsync?

2005-11-27 Thread Harish
Hi, I am new to rsync. Here are my some doubts. I am using Red Hat Linux 8. 1. Is their any GUI for rsync? If there is a GUI for rsync please let me know. 2. While copying file does rsync locks that file? 3. Is it possible to copy open file with rsync? If yes, how how it does that? [ I