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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users How to rsync or tar directory trees, with hidden directory, but without files? Post 302454417 by fld2007 on Saturday 18th of September 2010 05:13:59 AM
Old 09-18-2010
How to rsync or tar directory trees, with hidden directory, but without files?

I want to backup all the directory tress, including hidden directories, without copying any files.
find . -type d gives the perfect list.

When I tried tar, it won't work for me because it tars all the files.
Code:
find . -type d | xargs tar -cvf a.tar

So i tried rsync.
On my own test box, the following works.
Code:
$ rsync -a -f"+ */" -f"- *" source/ destination/

unfortunately, the server I want to do the backup has an older version of rsync (version 2.5.5 protocol version 26), so the command above somehow does not work:
Code:
bash-2.05$ rsync -a -f"+ */" -f"- *" source/ destination.
rsync: -f+ */: unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(875)

I have also tried
Code:
rsync -avuzb --exclude '*.*' source/ destination/

It won't copy hidden directories. And it won't exlcude files without suffix.

So please help!

Last edited by pludi; 09-19-2010 at 05:04 PM..
 

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bup-ls(1)						      General Commands Manual							 bup-ls(1)

NAME
bup-ls - list the contents of a bup repository SYNOPSIS
bup ls [-s] [-a] DESCRIPTION
bup ls lists files and directories in your bup repository using the same directory hierarchy as they would have with bup-fuse(1). The top level directory contains the branch (corresponding to the -n option in bup save), the next level is the date of the backup, and subsequent levels correspond to files in the backup. When bup ls is asked to output on a tty, it formats its output in columns so that it can list as much as possible in as few lines as possi- ble. However, when bup ls is asked to output to something other than a tty (say you pipe the output to another command, or you redirect it to a file), it will output one file name per line. This makes the listing easier to parse with external tools. Note that bup ls doesn't show hidden files by default and one needs to use the -a option to show them. Files are hidden when their name begins with a dot. For example, on the topmost level, the special directories named .commit and .tag are hidden directories. Once you have identified the file you want using bup ls, you can view its contents using bup join or git show. OPTIONS
-s, --hash show hash for each file/directory. -a, --all show hidden files. EXAMPLE
bup ls /myserver/latest/etc/profile bup ls -a / SEE ALSO
bup-join(1), bup-fuse(1), bup-ftp(1), bup-save(1), git-show(1) BUP
Part of the bup(1) suite. AUTHORS
Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>. Bup unknown- bup-ls(1)
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