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Rsync Notes

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How "--include-from" works

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