Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:44:18 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: rsync script not excluding dirs Message-ID: <20060319224418.GC4787@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <810a540e0603191355n3e86fe15pa15a24da1a48dce8@mail.gmail.com> References: <810a540e0603191355n3e86fe15pa15a24da1a48dce8@mail.gmail.com>
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in message <810a540e0603191355n3e86fe15pa15a24da1a48dce8@mail.gmail.com>,
wrote Pat Maddox thusly...
>
> I have a backup script that runs nightly, and I want it to exclude
> certain dirs (ports, obj, etc). However when I run the script it
> doesn't exclude anything, leaving me with pretty massive backups.
...
> /, /var, /usr, and /backup are all on different partitions. The key
> part is at the bottom where it calls rsync and excludes dirs. Can
> someone tell me what's wrong with the script?
...
> PRE="/usr/local/bin/rsync"
> ${PRE} -bapoguLxSRC --exclude=*.core --exclude=*~* / --exclude=/dev
> --exclude=/backup /backup/${DAY1}/
> ${PRE} -bapoguLxSRC --exclude=*.core --exclude=*~* /var /backup/${DAY1}/
> ${PRE} -bapoguLxSRC --exclude=*.core --exclude=*~* --exclude=/usr/src
> --exclude=/usr/ports --exclude=/usr/obj /usr /backup/${DAY1}/
Your script seems to have wrapped by your mail client.
Anyway, in rsync(1) man page, see "INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERN RULES"
section, point 2 ...
o if the pattern ends with a / then it will only match a direc-
tory, not a file, link, or device.
In other words, none of your exclude patterns for directories end in
'/' , thus the backup, src, ports, etc. directories are not
excluded.
- Parv
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