'rsync' and parent directory question

[Madison Kelly]

o.O

As is often the case, I ask a question and then I find an answer... 
*sigh*...

   For the record;

   If you use the '--files-from=<file>' switch '--relative' will create 
the parent dirs in the destination relative to the directories in the 
file and ignore directories behind the source directory used when 
'rsync' was called. For example, if in my 'copy.txt' file I had:

path/to/file.txt

and I called 'rsync' using (many switches ignored):

$ rsync --files-from=copy.txt /mnt/dir1 /mnt/dir2

'rsync' would create:

/mnt/dir2/path/to/file.txt

   I haven't tested this yet but if I got this wrong somehow I'll report 
back.

Thanks all!

Madison


Madison Kelly wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>   Is there a way to tell 'rsync' to duplicate the parent directory of a 
> file MINUS the mount point? For example, say I have a filesystem mounted 
> at:
> 
> /mnt/dir1/
> 
> and within it I have a subdirectory like:
> 
> /mnt/dir1/path/to/file.txt
> 
> and I want to copy 'file.txt' to another mounted filesystem mounted at:
> 
> /mnt/dir2/
> 
> while preserving the parent dir:
> 
> /path/to
> 
> So that I get:
> 
> /mnt/dir2/path/to/file.txt
> 
>   How could I do this? As I understand it by using '-R' (relative) 
> 'rsync' will create:
> 
> /mnt/dir2/mnt/dir1/path/to/file.txt
> 
>   This obviosuly is cumbersome and ugly. Have I understood this wrong or 
> missed an obvious solution? I hope not, I would feel foolish if I did. :p
> 
> Thanks as always!
> 
> Madison
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