On Fri 06 Dec 2024 at 18:30:27 (-0500), pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> Hypothetical shell usages (1) & (2).
>
> (1)
> Restore() { \
> source=somewhere/Backup/ ;
> destination=elsewhere/workingDirectory ;
> rsync \
> --exclude '*.mp3' \
> --exclude '*.mp4' \
> -anuv $source $destination ; }
If you want to modify exclusions, you have to edit the code.
> (2)
> exclusions='*.mp3'
> exclusions+='*.mp4'
> Restore() { \
> source=somewhere/Backup/ ;
> destination=elsewhere/workingDirectory ;
> rsync \
> -anuv --exclude=$exclusions $source $destination ; }
I would put
*.mp[34]
in a separate config file. I usually name those after the script to
make them easier to find:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
tag=${0##*/}
...
excfile="/usr/local/etc/${tag}-exclude"
test -s "$excfile" || { echo die screaming; exit 1; }
...
rsync -anuv --exclude-from="$excfile" "$source" "$destination"
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