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Asked: 2026-05-27T01:43:11+00:00

I am trying to copy a project to my server with rsync. I have

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I am trying to copy a project to my server with rsync.
I have project specific install scripts in a subdirectory

project/specs/install/project1

What I am trying to do is exclude everything in the project/specs directory but the project specific install directory: project/specs/install/project1.

rsync -avz --delete --include=specs/install/project1 \
    --exclude=specs/* /srv/http/projects/project/ \
     user@server.com:~/projects/project

But like this the content of the specs directory gets excluded but the install/project1 directory does not get included.

I have tried everything but i just don’t seem to get this to work

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sometime it’s just a detail.

    Just change your include pattern adding a trailing / at the end of include pattern and it’ll work:

    rsync -avz --delete --include=specs/install/project1/ \
    --exclude=specs/* /srv/http/projects/project/ \
    user@server.com:~/projects/project

    Or, in alternative, prepare a filter file like this:

    $ cat << EOF >pattern.txt
> + specs/install/project1/
> - specs/*
> EOF

    Then use the –filter option:

    rsync -avz --delete --filter=". pattern.txt" \
    /srv/http/projects/project/ \
    user@server.com:~/projects/project

    For further info go to the FILTER RULES section in the rsync(1) manual page.

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