rsync - Jul 2003 - Usage of --exclude and --include-from options

I am using rsync 2.5.6 on the client side and 2.5.4 on the server side. I am
trying to syncronise files and dirs on the client with the files on the server,
but only a subset of files are located on the server, and I wish to leave all
other files on the client machine untouched. This would be easy if all the files
on the server were under one dir, but they are spread across multiple dirs.
Below is the syntax I've tried:

rsync -a --force --delete --delete-after -P --exclude=/
--include-from=/etc/rsync_inc user@machine::module-name/ /

Here is a small section of /etc/rsync_inc
/tmp/squid/error_url
/etc/pppoe.conf
/usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf

This above rsync command updates nothing because --exclude seems to override
--include-from option. Without the --exclude option though, rsync updates the
files in --include-from file, but then starts deleting files on the client side,
as they don't exist on the server side, eventually deleting most of the
files on the client side except the ones listed in etc/rsync_inc.

I know that this would be possible calling rsync multiple times for each entry
in the /etc/rsync_inc, but because this will be used over a dial-up connection,
I am hoping to minimise the traffic and admin requirements. Can anyone suggest a
way around this? Muchly appreciated...
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 03:41:53AM -0500, Stanisa Amidzic
wrote:
> rsync -a --force --delete --delete-after -P --exclude=/
> --include-from=/etc/rsync_inc user@machine::module-name/ /
> 
> Here is a small section of /etc/rsync_inc
> /tmp/squid/error_url /etc/pppoe.conf
> /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf
> 
> This above rsync command updates nothing because --exclude
> seems to override --include-from option. Without the
> --exclude option though, rsync updates the files in
> --include-from file, but then starts deleting files on the
> client side, as they don't exist on the server side,
> eventually deleting most of the files on the client side
> except the ones listed in etc/rsync_inc.
The --exclude, --include, and --exclude-from and
--include-from options all append to the pattern list.  List
order matters.  I'd suggest you read the EXCLUDE PATTERNS
section of the manpage with special emphasis patterns
starting with "+ " and "- ".


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