rsync does not include some files

canerandagio

8/18/24, 7:23 AM

In order not to carry all the hidden home folders in the backup, I excluded '.*' in the exclusion file.

But now there are some files, which are inside some subdirectories of the hidden directories, therefore excluded.

Well, I can't include these files.

rsync --archive --verbose --human-readable --delete --exclude-from='rsync-exclude-files-and-folders' --include-from='rsync-include-files-and-folders' /home/andrea/ /media/andrea/maxtor-Est1000/

rsync-exclude-files-and-folders

.*
node_modules
snap
software
VirtualBox VMs
condivisa-windows-vm
*node_modules*
Scaricati
Scrivania
/package-lock.json
/package.json

rsync-include-files-and-folders

/home/andrea/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/cache/mozilla/firefox/oslnwe1t.default-release
/home/andrea/.config/libreoffice/4/user

I've read the man pages, but I haven't found an explanation for including excluded files and folders in the exclude file.

There is a solution?

Kubuntu 23.04

0 + 5

command-line

rsync

vanadium

8/18/24, 8:40 AM

Please clarify: "which are inside some subdirectories of the hidden directories, therefore excluded.". Perhaps specifically tell which files you expected to be included are not.

terdon

8/18/24, 12:19 PM

@vanadium isn't that what the two files given in the OP tell us?

vanadium

8/21/24, 7:15 AM

@terdon what I see are contents of files listing what to include and what to exclude, but apparently there are some files that, unexpectedly, are excluded as well. As far as I can see, examples of such files are not mentionned in the question.

terdon

8/21/24, 8:02 PM

It's the specific, two filenames listed in the include file, @vanadium. Those are not being copied because the exclude file has `.*`, so the config and var hidden sirs are skipped and those files are never seen by rsync.

vanadium

8/22/24, 6:44 AM

@tedon, Thanks, I see!

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