On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've gone over and over the man page and I don't get it and it's
> obviously a simple task
>
> I want to rsync a directory but only the pdf files...
>
> rsync -ncauv --include=*.pdf $WORKING $WEB_SERVER
> # sync's everything, I want to exclude stuff
>
> rsync -ncauv --filter='+ *.pdf' --filter='+ *.odt *.ott *.eps' \
> $WORKING $WEB_SERVER
> # sync's everything...does not seem to exclude anything
>
> rsync -ncauv --filter='. /root/scripts/qm_manual_filter' \
> $WORKING $WEB_SERVER
> # cat qm_manual_filter
> - *
> + *pdf
>
> excludes everything
>
> I am using -n for dry-run
> I definitely need recursive but -a option handles that
>
> Suggestions?
Include/exclude is a pain in the you know what. Very finicky.
Perhaps try **/*.pdf as the include patterns are directory sensitive.
I don't think a simple *.pdf will apply recursively.
--
Jeff
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