On 20Feb2011 22:22, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | The include/exclude rules are just passed through to rsync. The man page | for rsync has a fairly extensive discussion of the syntax. I don't see a | direct statement that the rules are evaluated in strict order, but it | seems natural. They're just like ACLs: first match applies. From the man page, undef "FILTER RULES": As the list of files/directories to transfer is built, rsync checks each name to be transferred against the list of include/exclude pat- terns in turn, and the first matching pattern is acted on So to rsync just specific directories one's rules might read (however expressed): + /dir1 + /dir2 - /* to do just dir1 and dir2. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The ZZR-1100 remains the big, fast, versatile bike for the rider with a regular pillion passenger or the desire to humiliate just about every other road user who attempted to match its straight line acceleration. - REVS -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines