Lsyncd 2.0.4 : excluding a file from syncing

Question

I want to prevent my robots.txt file from syncing to the front end server. Here is my /etc/lsyncd.conf file:

settings = {
        logfile    = "/tmp/lsyncd.log",
        statusFile = "/tmp/lsyncd.stat",
        statusInterval = 1,
}
sync{
        default.rsync,
        source="/var/www/html/blog",
        target="sync:/var/www/html/blog",
        rsyncOpts="-ltus",
        excludeFrom="/var/www/html/blog/robots.txt",
}

The /tmp/lsyncd.log tells

Normal: recursive startup rsync: /var/www/html/blog/ -> sync:/var/www/html/blog/ excluding
HELLO WORLD
Normal: Startup of '/var/www/html/blog/' finished.
Normal: Calling rsync with filter-list of new/modified files/dirs
/robots.txt
/
Normal: Finished a list = 0

This setup doesn't seems to work out.

Janne Pikkarainen · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-27T08:16:05.023

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I guess the excludeFrom dir is relative to source dir; thus, excludeFrom="/robots.txt" might work.

EDIT: Oh my God, forget what I wrote above. excludeFrom is an rsync parameter which specifies a text file containing a list of files to be excluded, one file or pattern per line. So, your excludeFrom should contain a path to a file, which then contains this /var/www/html/blog/robots.txt or /robots.txt.

edited Aug 27 '13 at 08:16

answered Aug 27 '13 at 07:09

Janne Pikkarainen

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Didn't work `Error: Cannot open exclude file '/robots.txt': /robots.txt: No such file or directory` – Maca Aug 27 '13 at 08:08
Whoops! See my edit. – Janne Pikkarainen Aug 27 '13 at 08:16
This method completely solved my problem. You have provide the relative part according you have mentioned source path by `sync` settings option, `source` – Hasanuzzaman Sattar Dec 12 '20 at 07:14

sjas · Answer 2 · 2016-06-20T12:32:16.487

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Use rsync's --exclude directive in lsyncd's config parameter rsyncOpts, or _extra, depending on the lsyncd version you use.

edited Jun 20 '16 at 12:32

answered Jun 20 '16 at 11:52

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 17 '16 at 20:56

per https://axkibe.github.io/lsyncd/manual/config/layer4/ :

excludeFrom is FILENAME parameter, loads exclusion rules from this file, on rule per line

note that https://community.rackspace.com/general/f/34/t/3503 :

CAUTION! When using excludeFrom and a file, make sure the file has no empty lines in it. If it does, lsyncd treats this as "exclude /" and then everything gets excluded.

Lsyncd 2.0.4 : excluding a file from syncing

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