How can I exclude files by default with rsync?
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How can I exclude files by default with rsync? Here is how my normal rsync syntax starts out:
rsync --exclude ".ht*" --exclude "error_log" --exclude ".DS*" --exclude "old" ...
I've seen a lot of mention of configuring the /etc/rsyncd.conf
file, but maybe that's more for the daemon than the rsync command.
Is it possible to have some default excludes for rsync when called from the command line like in my default syntax above?
linux files configuration rsync
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How can I exclude files by default with rsync? Here is how my normal rsync syntax starts out:
rsync --exclude ".ht*" --exclude "error_log" --exclude ".DS*" --exclude "old" ...
I've seen a lot of mention of configuring the /etc/rsyncd.conf
file, but maybe that's more for the daemon than the rsync command.
Is it possible to have some default excludes for rsync when called from the command line like in my default syntax above?
linux files configuration rsync
add a comment |
How can I exclude files by default with rsync? Here is how my normal rsync syntax starts out:
rsync --exclude ".ht*" --exclude "error_log" --exclude ".DS*" --exclude "old" ...
I've seen a lot of mention of configuring the /etc/rsyncd.conf
file, but maybe that's more for the daemon than the rsync command.
Is it possible to have some default excludes for rsync when called from the command line like in my default syntax above?
linux files configuration rsync
How can I exclude files by default with rsync? Here is how my normal rsync syntax starts out:
rsync --exclude ".ht*" --exclude "error_log" --exclude ".DS*" --exclude "old" ...
I've seen a lot of mention of configuring the /etc/rsyncd.conf
file, but maybe that's more for the daemon than the rsync command.
Is it possible to have some default excludes for rsync when called from the command line like in my default syntax above?
linux files configuration rsync
linux files configuration rsync
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Add your excludes to a file, then use --exclude-from=/path/to/exclude_file
e.g.
# cat rsync.excludes
.ht*
error_log
.DS*
old
...
# rsync --exclude-from=rsync.excludes
1
looks like the syntax is--exclude-from
and not--exclude-file
but otherwise this seems to be the ticket. thanks!
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:12
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No, rsync
does not have a default configuration file that it will read upon invocation. The best you can do is what @frogstarr78 says and create a text file with patterns, file and directory names to exclude, and then point rsync
to it with --exclude-from=filename
.
2
rsync does not have a default configuration file
- that's disappointing
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:06
add a comment |
While rsync doesn't let you set default options, you can create a wrapper script and put it higher up in your $PATH than the rsync binary.
This is is my rsync wrapper which lives in ~/bin/rsync
#!/bin/sh
# Set path to the rsync binary
RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync
# Look for these exclude files
IGNORE_FILES=(~/.rsyncignore ./.gitignore ./.rsyncignore)
EXCLUDE_FROM=""
for f in $IGNORE_FILES[@]; do
if [[ -e $f ]]; then
EXCLUDE_FROM="$EXCLUDE_FROM --exclude-from=$f "
fi
done
$RSYNC $EXCLUDE_FROM "$@"
It'll look for ~/.rsyncignore
, ./.gitignore
, ./.rsyncignore
files and, if any of them exist, use them as default --exclude-from
arguments.
Just change the RSYNC and IGNORE_FILES to suit your envrionment and preferences.
add a comment |
--exclude "/*" will exclude everything by default. Here is an example:
rsync -av --include "bin/" --exclude "/*" /source_dir/ /dest_dir/
add a comment |
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Add your excludes to a file, then use --exclude-from=/path/to/exclude_file
e.g.
# cat rsync.excludes
.ht*
error_log
.DS*
old
...
# rsync --exclude-from=rsync.excludes
1
looks like the syntax is--exclude-from
and not--exclude-file
but otherwise this seems to be the ticket. thanks!
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:12
add a comment |
Add your excludes to a file, then use --exclude-from=/path/to/exclude_file
e.g.
# cat rsync.excludes
.ht*
error_log
.DS*
old
...
# rsync --exclude-from=rsync.excludes
1
looks like the syntax is--exclude-from
and not--exclude-file
but otherwise this seems to be the ticket. thanks!
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:12
add a comment |
Add your excludes to a file, then use --exclude-from=/path/to/exclude_file
e.g.
# cat rsync.excludes
.ht*
error_log
.DS*
old
...
# rsync --exclude-from=rsync.excludes
Add your excludes to a file, then use --exclude-from=/path/to/exclude_file
e.g.
# cat rsync.excludes
.ht*
error_log
.DS*
old
...
# rsync --exclude-from=rsync.excludes
edited Mar 27 '12 at 19:51
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answered Sep 29 '11 at 13:47
frogstarr78frogstarr78
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looks like the syntax is--exclude-from
and not--exclude-file
but otherwise this seems to be the ticket. thanks!
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:12
add a comment |
1
looks like the syntax is--exclude-from
and not--exclude-file
but otherwise this seems to be the ticket. thanks!
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:12
1
1
looks like the syntax is
--exclude-from
and not --exclude-file
but otherwise this seems to be the ticket. thanks!– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:12
looks like the syntax is
--exclude-from
and not --exclude-file
but otherwise this seems to be the ticket. thanks!– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:12
add a comment |
No, rsync
does not have a default configuration file that it will read upon invocation. The best you can do is what @frogstarr78 says and create a text file with patterns, file and directory names to exclude, and then point rsync
to it with --exclude-from=filename
.
2
rsync does not have a default configuration file
- that's disappointing
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:06
add a comment |
No, rsync
does not have a default configuration file that it will read upon invocation. The best you can do is what @frogstarr78 says and create a text file with patterns, file and directory names to exclude, and then point rsync
to it with --exclude-from=filename
.
2
rsync does not have a default configuration file
- that's disappointing
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:06
add a comment |
No, rsync
does not have a default configuration file that it will read upon invocation. The best you can do is what @frogstarr78 says and create a text file with patterns, file and directory names to exclude, and then point rsync
to it with --exclude-from=filename
.
No, rsync
does not have a default configuration file that it will read upon invocation. The best you can do is what @frogstarr78 says and create a text file with patterns, file and directory names to exclude, and then point rsync
to it with --exclude-from=filename
.
edited Sep 29 '11 at 15:24
answered Sep 29 '11 at 14:08
KusalanandaKusalananda
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2
rsync does not have a default configuration file
- that's disappointing
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:06
add a comment |
2
rsync does not have a default configuration file
- that's disappointing
– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:06
2
2
rsync does not have a default configuration file
- that's disappointing– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:06
rsync does not have a default configuration file
- that's disappointing– cwd
Sep 29 '11 at 15:06
add a comment |
While rsync doesn't let you set default options, you can create a wrapper script and put it higher up in your $PATH than the rsync binary.
This is is my rsync wrapper which lives in ~/bin/rsync
#!/bin/sh
# Set path to the rsync binary
RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync
# Look for these exclude files
IGNORE_FILES=(~/.rsyncignore ./.gitignore ./.rsyncignore)
EXCLUDE_FROM=""
for f in $IGNORE_FILES[@]; do
if [[ -e $f ]]; then
EXCLUDE_FROM="$EXCLUDE_FROM --exclude-from=$f "
fi
done
$RSYNC $EXCLUDE_FROM "$@"
It'll look for ~/.rsyncignore
, ./.gitignore
, ./.rsyncignore
files and, if any of them exist, use them as default --exclude-from
arguments.
Just change the RSYNC and IGNORE_FILES to suit your envrionment and preferences.
add a comment |
While rsync doesn't let you set default options, you can create a wrapper script and put it higher up in your $PATH than the rsync binary.
This is is my rsync wrapper which lives in ~/bin/rsync
#!/bin/sh
# Set path to the rsync binary
RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync
# Look for these exclude files
IGNORE_FILES=(~/.rsyncignore ./.gitignore ./.rsyncignore)
EXCLUDE_FROM=""
for f in $IGNORE_FILES[@]; do
if [[ -e $f ]]; then
EXCLUDE_FROM="$EXCLUDE_FROM --exclude-from=$f "
fi
done
$RSYNC $EXCLUDE_FROM "$@"
It'll look for ~/.rsyncignore
, ./.gitignore
, ./.rsyncignore
files and, if any of them exist, use them as default --exclude-from
arguments.
Just change the RSYNC and IGNORE_FILES to suit your envrionment and preferences.
add a comment |
While rsync doesn't let you set default options, you can create a wrapper script and put it higher up in your $PATH than the rsync binary.
This is is my rsync wrapper which lives in ~/bin/rsync
#!/bin/sh
# Set path to the rsync binary
RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync
# Look for these exclude files
IGNORE_FILES=(~/.rsyncignore ./.gitignore ./.rsyncignore)
EXCLUDE_FROM=""
for f in $IGNORE_FILES[@]; do
if [[ -e $f ]]; then
EXCLUDE_FROM="$EXCLUDE_FROM --exclude-from=$f "
fi
done
$RSYNC $EXCLUDE_FROM "$@"
It'll look for ~/.rsyncignore
, ./.gitignore
, ./.rsyncignore
files and, if any of them exist, use them as default --exclude-from
arguments.
Just change the RSYNC and IGNORE_FILES to suit your envrionment and preferences.
While rsync doesn't let you set default options, you can create a wrapper script and put it higher up in your $PATH than the rsync binary.
This is is my rsync wrapper which lives in ~/bin/rsync
#!/bin/sh
# Set path to the rsync binary
RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync
# Look for these exclude files
IGNORE_FILES=(~/.rsyncignore ./.gitignore ./.rsyncignore)
EXCLUDE_FROM=""
for f in $IGNORE_FILES[@]; do
if [[ -e $f ]]; then
EXCLUDE_FROM="$EXCLUDE_FROM --exclude-from=$f "
fi
done
$RSYNC $EXCLUDE_FROM "$@"
It'll look for ~/.rsyncignore
, ./.gitignore
, ./.rsyncignore
files and, if any of them exist, use them as default --exclude-from
arguments.
Just change the RSYNC and IGNORE_FILES to suit your envrionment and preferences.
edited May 16 '13 at 8:26
Anthon
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answered May 16 '13 at 8:05
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--exclude "/*" will exclude everything by default. Here is an example:
rsync -av --include "bin/" --exclude "/*" /source_dir/ /dest_dir/
add a comment |
--exclude "/*" will exclude everything by default. Here is an example:
rsync -av --include "bin/" --exclude "/*" /source_dir/ /dest_dir/
add a comment |
--exclude "/*" will exclude everything by default. Here is an example:
rsync -av --include "bin/" --exclude "/*" /source_dir/ /dest_dir/
--exclude "/*" will exclude everything by default. Here is an example:
rsync -av --include "bin/" --exclude "/*" /source_dir/ /dest_dir/
answered Jan 28 at 21:03
Xinbin DaiXinbin Dai
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