I got directories and files that look like this
/1.txt/2.txt/3.txt/20170407_000000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170407_120000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170408_000000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170408_120000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170409_000000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170409_120000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170410_000000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170410_120000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170411_000000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170411_120000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170412_000000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txt/20170412_120000 /config file1.txt /logs file1.txt /nav file1.txt /schedule file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt /soh file1.txt /tracks file1.txtI only want to copy the 20170409_*/schedule, 20170410_*/schedule, 20170411_*/schedule folders and contents.
This mostly works:
rsync -avhr --progress --include="/20170409_*/schedule/" --include="/20170410_*/schedule/" --include="/20170411_*/schedule/" --exclude="/*/*" /source/dateTimeDirectories/ /destination/dateTimeDirectories/However this also copies the following:
1.txt2.txt3.txt20170407_000000/20170407_120000/20170408_000000/20170408_120000/20170412_000000/20170412_120000/How do I omit the files and the dateTimeFolders I haven’t included and only get the dateTimeFolder’s schedule folder that I have included?
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Answer
If I understand the situation correctly, you need to add the option --prune-empty-dirs (in short, -m) to your command. Those directories are not matched by the exclude rule which exludes their children, so they are copied by default. -m prevents this. If you want to prevent other files to be copied, you must add specific exclude rules for them. For instance, the files 1.txt, 2.txt and so on can be excluded by --exclude=/*.txt. All in all, your command should look as follows:
rsync -avhr --progress --prune-empty-dirs --include="/20170409_*/schedule/" --include="/20170410_*/schedule/" --include="/20170411_*/schedule/" --exclude="/*.txt" --exclude="/*/*" /source/dateTimeDirectories/ /destination/dateTimeDirectories/