====== Rsync Notes ======

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====== How "--include-from" works ======

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^  Filter  ^  Notes  |
| no match | in this senario the file or folder is selected|
| + /* | allows processing all the files and folders from first level directory|
| + /*/* | allows processing from the second level directory. the * requires some entry. it does not match a null value. |
|  | To get to processing a second level directory then the first level must be designated as a + filter |
| *** | on the end of a filter allows processing of everything else.|
| - */ | stops access to everything |

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2021-01-22

The easiest way to see what name you should filter is to just look at the output when using --verbose and put a / in front of the name (use the --dry-run option if you're not yet ready to copy any files).

From <https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.html> 

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====== Manual ======

http://everythinglinux.org/rsync