Hi,

mwilck wrote on 2014-11-12 05:29:23 -0800 [[BackupPC-users] rsync --exclude 
options - why are they stripped?]:
> [...]
> The Documentation of RsyncArgsExtra [...] mentions explicity its usefulness
> for defining rsync-style include/exclude rules [...]. The code explicity
> removes these options with the following  line in Rsync.pm:
> [...]
> Why does BackupPC strip the rsync exclude options?

I'd have to look at the current code closely to be sure, but from memory,
rsync sends the in-/excludes via the rsync protocol exchange rather than on
the command line. Your XferLOG should contain lines starting with
"Sent exclude" (or include, I suppose). I remember the code moving also
in-/excludes from the RsyncArgsExtra (or was it RsyncArgs?) and not only
applying this to the in-/excludes it generates itself. I don't recall the
order in which they are sent, but putting the ones from RsyncArgsExtra
first would seem to make most sense.

This may have been changed by the patch you mention. I'll look into it,
when I find the time. Does your XferLOG include any "Sent exclude" lines?

Aside from RsyncArgsExtra, you should also be able to put arbitrary rsync
style in-/exclude rules in the BackupFilesExclude list, as these are passed
verbatim to rsync (also via the protocol exchange, I believe). RsyncFilesOnly,
on the other hand, is used to generate sets of includes and excludes.

Regards,
Holger

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