rsync pros in here please :)

Jon-NC · 21st June 2006

Hi,

Im having a bit of a problem excluding directories, its probably a silly error. I would appreciate some pointers.

My Rsync Script
rsync -az -r --verbose --progress --delete --ignore-errors --stats --exclude-from=/cygdrive/p/cwRsync/excludes.txt %EXCLUDES% "/cygdrive/C/tester" /cygdrive/c/poopoo/

Contained in the tester folder is a folder called wwwroot. I do not want this folder to be copied over.

Contents Of Excludes.txt

*[cC]ache*
*RECYCLE[DR]*
*.mp3
*.wma
*.rma
*.mov
*.vid
*.avi
- /cygdrive/c/tester/wwwroot/

If I add an exclude for .php files these will not be copied over so I know that the script is reading the excludes file. It just won't work for the folder.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Jon

racksense · 21st June 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonRohan

Contained in the tester folder is a folder called wwwroot. I do not want this folder to be copied over.

- /cygdrive/c/tester/wwwroot/

If I add an exclude for .php files these will not be copied over so I know that the script is reading the excludes file. It just won't work for the folder.

What am I doing wrong?

I've not used file exclusion, but perhaps try removing the trailing slash?

Jon-NC · 21st June 2006

Umm, that didn't work unfortunately.

If I was using linux I would put an exclude for the temp directory as *\temp*, but as im in windows its a bit different.

Its got to be possible im sure of it.

racksense · 21st June 2006

Having re-read the man page, I think it may be to do with relative paths, and perhaps you should strip "/cygdrive/c/tester/" out of the exclude file entry.

Jon-NC · 21st June 2006

Your right, ive tried -/wwwroot which worked perfectly. Although any folders that match wwwroot will be missed.

Rsync has some excellent points but also some bad ones (above).

Thanks for your help Paul.