David Bolen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> One possibility is to include "*/" in your include list (either in the
>> include file or just with an extra --include option on the command
>> line).  The trailing "/" will only match directories, so this will
>> automatically include all directories along the way (from within which
>> then your exclude * will exclude everything but the files you have
>> listed).
>>
>> It's possible that this will create empty directories for the tree
>> even if no files are transferred in that directory (I'm not positive).

Thanks for your reply. But, unfortunately, it does indeed fail because
of the last point.

So the question remains.  Is it possible to feed rsync a list of
pathnames and have it only transfer those without having to construct
a list containing all the parent (and grandparent...) directories.

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