From bb5f4e7285cde0509faf89f24d965742c47fb2a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 07:16:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] A few tweaks to the FILTER RULES section, including a mention of using the +/- modifiers on merge-file rules. --- rsync.yo | 20 +++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 8aacc1e1..1d8f2eba 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -1264,9 +1264,11 @@ comment lines that start with a "#". manpagesection(INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERN RULES) You can include and exclude files by specifying patterns using the "+" and -"-" filter rules (as introduced in the FILTER RULES section above). These -rules specify a pattern that is matched against the names of the files -that are going to be transferred. These patterns can take several forms: +"-" filter rules (as introduced in the FILTER RULES section above). + +The include/exclude rules each specify a pattern that is matched against +the names of the files that are going to be transferred. These patterns +can take several forms: itemize( it() if the pattern starts with a / then it is anchored to a @@ -1398,6 +1400,10 @@ itemize( space that separates the prefix from the rule is treated specially, so "- foo + bar" is parsed as two rules (assuming that bf(-) or bf(+) was not specified to turn off the parsing of prefixes). + it() You may also specify any of the modifiers for "+" or "-" to have the + rules that are read-in default to having that option set. For instance, + ":-/_.excl" would treat the contents of .excl as absolute-path exclude + rules. ) The following modifiers are accepted after a "+" or "-": @@ -1706,10 +1712,10 @@ error. When reading a batch file, rsync will force the value of certain options to match the data in the batch file if you didn't set them to the same as the batch-writing command. Other options can (and should) be changed. -For instance -bf(--write-batch) changes to bf(--read-batch), bf(--files-from) is dropped, and the -bf(--filter)/bf(--include)/bf(--exclude) options are not needed unless one of the -bf(--delete) options is specified without bf(--delete-excluded). +For instance bf(--write-batch) changes to bf(--read-batch), +bf(--files-from) is dropped, and the +bf(--filter)/bf(--include)/bf(--exclude) options are not needed unless +one of the bf(--delete) options is specified. The code that creates the BATCH.sh file transforms any filter/include/exclude options into a single list that is appended as a "here" document to the -- 2.34.1