Re: [tlug] [TLUG] Rsync exclusion question

[Mike Allred <mikejallred@example.com>]

I've had much better luck using the --exclude-from=FILE option.  It
seems to "do the right thing", at least for my recent cases.

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Doug McLean <dmclean635@example.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have a niggling question that I hope someone here can help resolve.
> At work I have a document repository system that has a master-slave
> setup. The slave hosts are set to use 'rsync' periodically to grab the
> latest files from the master host.  The overall design is fairly
> Doug^H^H^H idiot-proof except for one issue.  The repository system
> uses .lease files for edits to the documents.  These are temp files
> that are submitted to the real document once the user submits his
> changes.  So the .lease files come and go often.
>
> The problem is is that if an rsync runs during this time, it will flag
> errors because it saw the .lease file but the file is gone by the time
> is tries to sync the file.
>
> I thought I could simply add a --exclude="*.lease" flag in the rsync
> command, based on Google searches, and personal tests, but that
> doesn't seem to work still.
>
> Have I overlooked something obvious?  Am I always doomed to annoying
> "rsync error" cron emails?  Will Steph and Robert ever fall in love,
> or will war keep them separated forever?
>
> Stay tuned.
>
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> Doug McLean
>
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