On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:50:47 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > I have a directory logfiles and inside it it has lots of sub > directories. Inside it there are lots of .gz, .txt and .sql files > I want only .sql files to be rsynced to the destination host > > is there a way to achieve it using rsync utility Create a .rsync-filter file in that directory containing either + *.sql - * or - *.gz - *.txt and call rsync with the -F option. See the man page for more details. -- Neil Bothwick I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.