Re: [OT} Need advice on rsync backups

[Ted Deppner <ted@psyber.com>]

On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 03:00:30AM +0000, Dale Amon wrote:
> This is not a security issue unless one considers backups a
> security issue ;-)

Everything is a security issue.  The only variable is severity.

> If someone could respond offline and give me some advice I'd
> much appreciate it. The situation is this:

Lists were made for a reason... obviously that didn't escape you when you
posted.

Advice:  Read the man page.  Again.  Repeat as necessary.

> rsync -v --include-from /includes --exclude-from /excludes -n  -avz root@server:/ /Backups/
> 
> Does not work as expected. Docs seemed to indicate an ordered
> list was created and first match wins. That is not what I'm seeing.
> The exclude seems to override as if the match were occuring one
> element at a time.

Yup, quoting the man page:

       Note  that  when  used  with  -r (which is implied by -a),
       every subcomponent of every path is visited from top down,
       so  include/exclude  patterns  get  applied recursively to
       each subcomponent.

> Seems like something that should be in the rsync FAQ I found,
> but isn't.

Yeah, it's in the man page of all places...

       o      --include "foo/"  --include  "foo/bar.c"  --exclude
              "*"  would  include only foo/bar.c (the foo/ direc­
              tory must be explicitly included  or  it  would  be
              excluded by the "*")

Hope that helps.

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Ted Deppner
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