How to filter files by extension with Perl File::RsyncP

Question

I am using Perl library File::RsyncP.

This moment script copies all files, but I need to use extension and later pattern for example 2019*.xml

I don´t know how to filter files by extension. I have tried following

I take a connection into localhost I have

/home/raimo/A/SRC/srcDirectory/1.xml
/home/raimo/A/SRC/srcDirectory/2.xml
/home/raimo/A/SRC/srcDirectory/3.txt

here I would like to copy only xml files into

I have tried:

rsyncCmd => "/bin/rsync -avz --include '*.xml' srcDirectory destDirectory ", and I have tired rsyncCmd => "/bin/rsync -avz --include '*.xml' destDirectory srcDirectory "

/home/raimo/A/SRC/destDirectory

my $rs = File::RsyncP->new({
        logLevel   => 5,
        rsyncCmd   => "/bin/rsync --include '*.xml'",   #check if possible to filter
        rsyncArgs  => [
                "--numeric-ids",
                "--perms",
                "--owner",
                "--group",
                "--devices",
                "--links",
                "--ignore-times",
                "--block-size=700",
                "--relative",
                "--recursive",
                "--verbose"
            ],
    });
...
 # Receive files from remote srcDirectory to local destDirectory
 # # by running rsyncCmd with rsyncArgs.
 $rs->remoteStart(1, srcDirectory);

How would you exclude the files using a plain `rsync` command line? — Corion, Jan 10 '19 at 11:38
Hi, I haven´t used plain rsync but, there is mentioned on internet pages. That following syntax should work /bin/rsync -avz --exclude '*.typ' source/ destination/. With perl library that I I am using. source and destination has to write elsewhere... # Receive files from remote srcDirectory to local destDirectory
# # by running rsyncCmd with rsyncArgs. $rs->remoteStart(1, srcDirectory); # $rs->go(destDirectory); # — Raimo, Jan 10 '19 at 12:01
ok, after pause, I try to write source and destination, into both places after rsync command. and into libraries place... Now I take a pause of one hour — Raimo, Jan 10 '19 at 12:08
`--include '*.pl' --exclude '*'` - you first include all `.pl` files, but then exclude all files - that makes little sense. Maybe explain which files you want to include and which files you want to exclude and show some examples. — Corion, Jan 10 '19 at 12:10
my purpose is include \*.xml files I have tried: rsyncCmd => "/bin/rsync -avz --include '\*.xml' srcDirectory destDirectory ", and I have tired rsyncCmd => "/bin/rsync -avz --include '\*.xml' destDirectory srcDirectory ",.. — Raimo, Jan 10 '19 at 14:07
Can you please [edit] your post and add the above comment to it? Maybe also add some example directory structure and explain what `rsync` does and also what you want it to do? — Corion, Jan 10 '19 at 14:15
hi, I don´t have enough points for chat. I have updated my question — Raimo, Jan 10 '19 at 15:14
Are there other files in `/home/raimo/A/SRC/srcDirectory/` that you want to avoid? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14655834/rsync-include-option-does-not-exclude-other-files shows that your first approach should be what you want, `--include '*.xml' --exclude '*'` — Corion, Jan 10 '19 at 15:19
exclude is not necessary, only files what match for example with filename2019*.xml. my filename variable comes... word +wildcard +extension (xml) in this case. problem is that File::RsyncP; does not react to --include '*.xml'...instead it copies all files in a directory — Raimo, Jan 10 '19 at 15:22
Try adding `--include` and `*.xml` to the `rsyncArgs`, not the `rsyncCmd`. — Corion, Jan 10 '19 at 15:26
I have tried already. rsyncArgs => [ "--numeric-ids", "--perms", "--owner", "--group", "--devices", "--links", "--ignore-times", "--block-size=700", "--relative", "--recursive", "--verbose", "--include '*.xml'",. causes an error Fatal error (bad version): rsync: on remote machine: --include '\*.xml': unknown option — Raimo, Jan 10 '19 at 15:33
ok, I did it. now it copies all files but not xml.Can't chmod(destDirectory/test.xml, 0100777) Can't chown(1000, 1000, destDirectory/test.xml) Can't mtime(1547135663, 1547135663, destDirectory/test.xml) — Raimo, Jan 10 '19 at 16:02
test.xml was empty, I filled it. test.xml is copied also, but so are all files — Raimo, Jan 10 '19 at 16:17
exclude txt works perfectly now, but include not work with patterns, you have helped me alot, If I could do filter by pattern, I could maybe put this little by little into production."--include", "*.xml", "--exclude", "*.txt", — Raimo, Jan 10 '19 at 16:21

How to filter files by extension with Perl File::RsyncP

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