Rsync Specific Direcotries and files with the same structure

Question

I want to rsync specific directories and files with the same structure

for example :-

source/
source/110/var/lib/mysql
source/110/var/lib/mysql
source/110/var/lib/mysql
source/110/home
source/110/bin/
source/110/etc/
source/120/var/lib/mysql
source/120/var/lib/mysql
source/120/var/lib/mysql
source/120/home
source/120/bin/
source/120/etc/

how to rysnc mysql and home directories and the files included in the direcotry to the same destination folder and with the same structure to be like the following example :-

destination/
destination/110/var/lib/mysql
destination/110/home
destination/120/var/lib/mysql
destination/120/home

thanks

See also this question: http://serverfault.com/questions/150269/complex-includes-excludes-with-rsync — chutz, May 27 '12 at 11:00

chutz · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-27T15:22:50.840

2

You can do that with some fancy filters. The man page has a nice example of this, but with a recent rsync (>= 2.6.7) you can do something like:

rsync -a source/ destination/ \
    -f '+ /*/' \
    -f '+ /*/home/***' \
    -f '+ /*/var/' \
    -f '+ /*/var/lib/' \
    -f '+ /*/var/lib/mysql/***' \
    -f '- *'

In other words, you list which directories you want to include in your sync, and then exclude everything else. The *** wildcard is very useful but if your rsync is older, you will have to replace the + /*/home/*** filter with the following two:

    -f '+ /*/home/' \
    -f '+ /*/home/**' \

edited May 27 '12 at 15:22

answered May 27 '12 at 10:56

chutz

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is there a way to do it in one comand line so i can set it in cronjob in the server ? – iLinux85 May 27 '12 at 12:05
i tried the command but the command transfer the directory without the files within the directories – iLinux85 May 27 '12 at 12:10
Sorry, I missed a leading slash in the filters. I already corrected my answer and even tried it out. Without the leading slash '+ */' was matching **all directories** and that is not what you want. – chutz May 27 '12 at 15:23

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 27 '12 at 15:27

Here's an alternative to using filters:

cd source && \
rsync -aR  110/var/lib/mysql  110/home  120/var/lib/mysql  120/home  destination

That is, you pass all the source directories as arguments to rsync, followed by the destination directory, all in one command. You must be certain to use the -R option in this case, so that your source directory paths are preserved in the destination.

Rsync Specific Direcotries and files with the same structure

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