rsync exclude a directory but include a subdirectory
I am trying to copy a project to my server with rsync. I have project specific install scripts in a subdirectory
project/specs/install/project1
What I am trying to do is exclude everything in the project/specs directory but the project specific install directory: project/specs/install/project1.
rsync -avz --delete --include=specs/install/project1 \
--exclude=specs/* /srv/http/projects/project/ \
[email protected]:~/projects/project
But like this the content of the specs directory gets excluded but the install/project1 directory does not get included.
I have tried everything but i just don't seem to get this to work
Answer
Sometime it's just a detail.
Just change your include pattern adding a trailing / at the end of include pattern and it'll work:
rsync -avz --delete --include=specs/install/project1/ \
--exclude=specs/* /srv/http/projects/project/ \
[email protected]:~/projects/project
Or, in alternative, prepare a filter file like this:
$ cat << EOF >pattern.txt
> + specs/install/project1/
> - specs/*
> EOF
Then use the --filter option:
rsync -avz --delete --filter=". pattern.txt" \
/srv/http/projects/project/ \
[email protected]:~/projects/project
For further info go to the FILTER RULES section in the rsync(1) manual page.