using rsync to copy only certain folders within a directory structure
 

Hello,

I am trying to create a simple bash script to rsync some folders within a directory stucture. I am using wild cards, in the rsync source directory structure, but my command always fails. I believe it is the way I am using wild cards within my for loop. Here is my command ;

This always fails, where if I do a ls to the destination, to test the path, it always works. Any help and suggestions would be appreciated

Thanks,

ryjguy7

Do you expect ** to behave different from a plain *?

To get a list of source directories you could also build them beforehand by a find command. You want to have something like:to get a list of directories.

You might also consider the --exclude and --include options of rsync (or --exclude-from and --include-from if you keep the pattern in a file). If you want to sync only some of the existing directories in a path, you can do something like:
otherwise if you want to list the directories to exclude, use multiple --exclude options:

If you really want to use a text file awk is probably the answer.

. . . Thanks for your responses and help guys.

Is there a way to tell the find command to search only for directories, and if so to create the directory structure it finds.

Thanks,

ryjguy7

The find command has a -type option. Using type -d you can search only directories. If you want to re-create a directory structure, you can use rsync, e.g.
Note the --include option with the slash after the wildcard: it includes only directories, whereas the --exclude option excludes all the rest, that is the files. Hope this helps.