On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 17:54 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote:
> Copy system configuration files to a directory on my
> (/home/user/configuration) home drive.
>
> I've made a text file with the files I want to copy, one file on each row..
>
> The command:
>
> rsync -tv --files-from="my list of files" /home/user/configuration/
>
> does not work and I'm not getting any wiser from reading the man page.

--files-from is used in addition to a source dir, not in place of one.
If the paths in your --files-from file are absolute, you can just pass /
as the source dir:

rsync -tv --files-from="my list of files" / /home/user/configuration/

The examples in the man page description of --files-from do show the
source dir, but the description could certainly be more explicit that
one is required.

Matt

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On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 05:54:12PM +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote:
> rsync -tv --files-from="my list of files" /home/user/configuration/

You're missing a path in that command, presumably the source path.
All names in a files-from file are relative to the source path, but
you can use "/" if you want the names to be effectively absolute.

rsync -tv --files-from="my list" / /home/user/configuration/

...wayne..
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>
> rsync -tv --files-from="my list of files" / /home/user/configuration/
>
> The examples in the man page description of --files-from do show the
> source dir, but the description could certainly be more explicit that
> one is required.
>
> Matt

Thank you all.
It's amazing what a slash can do :-)
/Les
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