On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 14:49 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > 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 Good. It's what I supposed but hadn't seen in the man page. poc -- 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