rsync - May 2006 - --include-from doesn't include

I'm trying to backup certain pieces of my XP workstations home directory
to a mapped drive using rsync on Cygwin.  I was able to create a fairly
useful exclude-from list, but I'm unable to re-include portions a subset
of an excluded directory.  My rsync command looks like this:

rsync -avn --delete --stats ~/ \
  /cygdrive/i/HRMS/rdavies/backup/home \
  --exclude-from=/home/rdavies/rsync_home_list

And the exclude file looks like this:

+ Application\ Data/IDMComp/**
+ Application\ Data/Mozilla/**
- Application\ Data/*
- Cookies/*
- Desktop/*
- Favorites/*
- Local\ Settings/*
- My Documents/Outlook/*
- My Documents/My\ *
- NetHood/*
- PrintHood/*
- Recent/*
- SendTo/*
- Start Menu/*
- Templates/*
- .DCOPserver*
- .fonts*
- NTUSER*
- ntuser*

I've tried as many variations on the include portions as I can think of.
The variations I've tried are:
Adding an initial / to the + lines (so it would read + /Application\
Data/etc...)
Different variations on the number of asterisks.  (/ or /* or /** or
/***)
Removing the final / altogether.

Nothing I have tried on the + lines has made any difference whatsoever,
the list of files to sync remains constant. 

bash-3.00$ rsync --version
rsync  version 2.6.6  protocol version 29
Copyright (C) 1996-2005 by Andrew Tridgell and others
<http://rsync.samba.org/>
Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks,
batchfiles,
              inplace, no IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit internal
inums

rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and you
are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  See the GNU
General Public Licence for details.
bash-3.00$
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Roger Davies
PeopleSoft HRMS
970.506.7750


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On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 12:30:32PM -0600, Davies, Roger
wrote:
> + Application\ Data/IDMComp/**
(FYI, there's no need to backslash a space, but I suppose it doesn't
hurt.)

You have neglected to add rules to let rsync get down into any of those
parent dirs mentioned in this rule, so this rule will never encounter
anything to match.  If you had specified this:

+ Application Data/
+ Application Data/IDMComp/
+ Application Data/Mozilla/
- Application Data/*

... then you should see what you expect.  (You don't need the .../**
lines because you don't have a trailing "- *" rule.)  Other
changes I
assume you want (mainly removing a trailing '*' so that the directory
is excluded in addition to its content):

- Cookies/
- Desktop/
- Favorites/
- Local\ Settings/
- My Documents/Outlook/
- My Documents/My\ *
- NetHood/
- PrintHood/
- Recent/
- SendTo/
- Start Menu/
- Templates/
- .DCOPserver*
- .fonts*
- NTUSER*
- ntuser*

It is also safer to anchor rules that should only match in one place by
using a leading '/', but I'll let you figure out which ones should
get
that.

..wayne..

Wayne, thanks for the quick reply. 
>You have neglected to add rules to let rsync get down into any of those
>parent dirs mentioned in this rule, so this rule will never encounter
>anything to match.  If you had specified this:
>
>+ Application Data/
>+ Application Data/IDMComp/
>+ Application Data/Mozilla/
>- Application Data/*
[RD] I actually tried this, and it seems the include lines are just
being ignored.  I've tried with the slash and without, as well as adding
from 1 to 3 asterisks in desperation.  Always with the same results, the
include lines are ignored.

SO, this exclude file

+ /Application\ Data/IDMComp/
+ /Application\ Data/Mozilla/
- /Application\ Data/*
- /Cookies/*
- /Desktop/*
- /Favorites/*
- /Local\ Settings/*
- /My Documents/Outlook/*
- /My Documents/My\ *
- /NetHood/*
- /PrintHood/*
- /Recent/*
- /SendTo/*
- /Start Menu/*
- /Templates/*
- .DCOPserver*
- .fonts*
- NTUSER*
- ntuser*
- /*.txt
- /*.exe.*

Is identical (in terms file results) to

- /Application\ Data/*
- /Cookies/*
- /Desktop/*
- /Favorites/*
- /Local\ Settings/*
- /My Documents/Outlook/*
- /My Documents/My\ *
- /NetHood/*
- /PrintHood/*
- /Recent/*
- /SendTo/*
- /Start Menu/*
- /Templates/*
- .DCOPserver*
- .fonts*
- NTUSER*
- ntuser*
- /*.txt
- /*.exe.*
>Other changes I
>assume you want (mainly removing a trailing '*' so that the
directory
>is excluded in addition to its content):
[RD] Initially, I left the trailing '*' off, as you are absolutely
correct I would prefer not to get the directory at all.  However, if I
leave the '*' off, rsync is descending through the directory chain as if
there were no exclusion line at all. 
>It is also safer to anchor rules that should only match in one place by
>using a leading '/', but I'll let you figure out which ones
should get
>that.
I did add some '/' anchors, and added a couple of additional lines with
anchors to exclude.

Thanks
Roger

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Actually, I had it, I just can't cut and paste to email properly.
However, I did just try removing the backslash '\' from everywhere, and
that was the trick.  I had issues getting the '~/My Documents'
recognized from the command line, so I went with all the backslashes.
SO, broken:

+\ /Application\ Data/
+\ /Application\ Data/IDMComp/
+\ /Application\ Data/Mozilla/
-\ /Application\ Data/*
-\ /Cookies/*
-\ /Desktop/*
-\ /Favorites/*
-\ /Local\ Settings/*
-\ /My\ Documents/Outlook/*
-\ /My\ Documents/My\ *
-\ /NetHood/*
-\ /PrintHood/*
-\ /Recent/*
-\ /SendTo/*
-\ /Start\ Menu/*
-\ /Templates/*
-\ .DCOPserver*
-\ .fonts*
-\ NTUSER*
-\ ntuser*
-\ /*.txt
-\ /*.exe.*

STATS:
Number of files: 407
Number of files transferred: 314
Total file size: 103257562 bytes
Total transferred file size: 103257462 bytes
Literal data: 0 bytes
Matched data: 0 bytes
File list size: 9714
File list generation time: 0.260 seconds
File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
Total bytes sent: 12172
Total bytes received: 2462

Fixed:
+ /Application Data/
+ /Application Data/IDMComp/
+ /Application Data/Mozilla/
- /Application Data/*
- /Cookies/*
- /Desktop/*
- /Favorites/*
- /Local Settings/*
- /My Documents/Outlook/*
- /My Documents/My *
- /NetHood/*
- /PrintHood/*
- /Recent/*
- /SendTo/*
- /Start Menu/*
- /Templates/*
- .DCOPserver*
- .fonts*
- NTUSER*
- ntuser*
- /*.txt
- /*.exe.*

STATS:
Number of files: 484
Number of files transferred: 370
Total file size: 106288398 bytes
Total transferred file size: 106288298 bytes
Literal data: 0 bytes
Matched data: 0 bytes
File list size: 11631
File list generation time: 0.430 seconds
File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
Total bytes sent: 14551
Total bytes received: 2924

I'm still getting the empty directories, but I don't really care! 

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