[Cialug] Rsync problem

[Adam Hill]

Try triple stars:

       o      a trailing "dir_name/***" will match both the directory (as
if "dir_name/" had been specified) and everything in the directory (as if
"dir_name/**" had been specified).  This behavior was added in version
2.6.7.


On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:15 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> Normally I use rsnapshot to backup an entire system, excluding things like
> /dev, /proc, .. but ran into a problem with other admins creating dirs in
> / which fubars the backup job [i.e. a large filesystem mounted that is not
> part of the backup job].
>
> Trying to 'reverse' the rsync job, but just cannot get it to work
> properly. For example, need to backup:
>
> /bin
> /sbin
> /root
>
> BUT nothing else, .. tried:
>
> exclude *
> include /bin
> include /sbin
> include /root
>
> Creates directories, but nothing else; With exclude * at the end of the
> list, nothing copies at all.
>
> exclude *
> include /bin/**
> include /sbin/**
> include /root/**
>
> Again, only directories; with the exclude at the end of the list, nothing
> copies at all.
>
> Would anyone have a cluestick?
>
>         Thanks!
>
>         Lee
>
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