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added new include/exclude options to man page
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@@ -337,23 +337,30 @@ environment variable.
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dit(bf(--rsync-path PATH)) Use this to specify the path to the copy of
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rsync on the remote machine. Useful when its not in your path.
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dit(bf(--exclude FILE)) This option allows you to selectively exclude
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dit(bf(--exclude pattern)) This option allows you to selectively exclude
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certain files from the list of files to be transferred. This is most
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useful in combination with a recursive transfer.
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The option FILE can either be a file name or a shell wildcard
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expression. If it is a directory name then rsync will not recurse into
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directories of that name.
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You may use as many --exclude options on the command line as you like
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to build up the list of files to exclude.
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If the filename is a single ! then the exclude list is reset.
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See the section of exclude patterns for information on the syntax of
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this option.
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dit(bf(--exclude-from FILE)) This option is similar to the --exclude
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option, but instead it adds all filenames listed in the file FILE to
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the exclude list.
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dit(bf(--include pattern)) This option tells rsync to not exclude the
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specified pattern of filenames. This is useful as it allows you to
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build up quite complex exclude/include rules.
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See the section of exclude patterns for information on the syntax of
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this option.
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dit(bf(--include-from FILE)) This specifies a list of include patterns
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from a file.
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dit(bf(-C, --cvs-exclude)) This is a useful shorthand for excluding a
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broad range of files that you often don't want to transfer between
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systems. It uses the same algorithm that CVS uses to determine if
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@@ -436,6 +443,63 @@ rather than the default port 873.
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enddit()
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manpagesection(EXCLUDE PATTERNS)
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The exclude and include patterns specified to rsync allow for flexible
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selection of what files to transfer and what files to skip.
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rsync build a ordered list of include/exclude options as specified on
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the command line. When a filename is encountered rsync then checks the
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name against each exclude/include pattern in turn. The first matching
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pattern is acted on. If it is an exclude pattern than that file is
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skipped. If it is an include pattern then that filename is not
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skipped. If no matching include/exclude pattern is found then the
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filename is not skipped.
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The patterns themselves can take several forms. The rules are:
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itemize(
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it() if the pattern starts with a / then it is matched against the
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start of the filename, otherwise it is matched against the end of
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the filename. Thus /foo would match a file called foo
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at the base of the tree whereas foo would match any file
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called foo anywhere in the tree.
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it() if the pattern ends with a / then it will only match a
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directory, not a file, link or device.
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it() if the pattern contains a wildcard character from the set
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*?[ then regular expression matching is applied using the
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normal shell filename matching rules. Otherwise a simple string
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match is used.
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it() if the pattern contains a / (not counting a trailing /) then it
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is matched against the full filename, including any leading
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directory. If the pattern doesn't contain a / then it is matched
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only against the final component of the filename.
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it() if the pattern starts with "+ " (a plus followed by a space)
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then it is always considered a include pattern, even if specified as
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part of an exclude option. The "+ " part is discarded before matching.
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it() if the pattern starts with "- " (a minus followed by a space)
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then it is always considered a exclude pattern, even if specified as
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part of an include option. The "- " part is discarded before matching.
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)
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The +/- rules are most useful in exclude lists, allowing you to have a
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single exclude list that contains both include and exclude options.
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Here are some examples:
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itemize(
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it() --exclude "*.o" would exclude all filenames matching *.o
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it() --exclude "/foo" would exclude a file in the base directory called foo
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it() --exclude "foo/" would exclude any directory called foo
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it() --include "*/" --include "*.c" --exclude "*" would include all
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directories and C source files.
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)
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manpagefiles()
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/etc/rsyncd.conf
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