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rsync issue

  • 08-07-2011 7:55pm
    #1
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭


    I'm using rsync to copy files from a folder on my PC to an External Hard drive.
    I don't want to copy all the folders within the source folder so am using --exclude-from to exclude the sub-folders I don't want copied thus my command looks like this: 
    rsync -avz /path_to_source_directory/  /path_to_target_directory/ --exclude-from list.txt
    where list.txt is a simple listing of the sub-folders I want rsync to ignore.

    However rysnc does ignore some of the sub-folders but not all. It continues to copy about half the folders across.
    Can anyone help figure out why this is happening?


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  • #2
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,048 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Only reason I can think of is that some of the paths are not complete or are somehow incorrect ....


  • #3
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    I use the following to pipe out the directory list (and then manually delete from the list the folders I want to copy.) 
    find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf %P\\n | sort -d >list.txt
    It shouldn't treat some folder names in a different fashion to others yet for some folders rsync recognises the pattern and excludes them and for others it doesn't. :confused:


  • #4
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    Ok, slightly solved.

    The only difference between the sub-folders that weren't ignored as they should have been and the ones that were correctly ignored is that the ones that weren't ignored had a square bracket '' in the folder name. i.e. Holiday Photos [2007]
    For some reason this throws off the pattern matching. Once those were removed all the sub-folders were ignored correctly.

    Ideally I'd prefer not to have to rename the files so will continue looking for a solution rather than a workaround.


  • #5
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,048 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    I guess you could try quoting the filenames in the list or maybe the -s option would work ..... that was for spaces in names but it may work I suppose for the brackets ....


  • #6
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    OSI wrote: »
    Did you remember to escape special characters?
    No, I didn't realise that '[' has a special meaning for rsync.

    I imagine that replacing the '[' with a '?' may allow rsync to copy the file.


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  • #7
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    DeepBlue wrote: »
    No, I didn't realise that '[' has a special meaning for rsync.

    I imagine that replacing the '

    No, just 'escape it' by putting a \ in front of it.


  • #8
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    syklops wrote: »
    No, just 'escape it' by putting a \ in front of it.
    From brief testing both methods work. It's good to have choice. :D


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