[du disk-usage exclude patterns / files]

[karl s. eiringer]

hi

i think this could be a bug - could because the man-page doesn't say much 
about if excluding is done before including, but have a look at this

address@hidden:# du -ksc --exclude=original* *

4       archfoto.sh
5048    _backup
826156  big
76      copyright
196976  cover
136     cover.log
4       cover.pl
388     db
4       db.sql
4       delete.log
108840  dia
540     dia.log
4       dia.pl
1924    images.lst
8       images.pl
124     missing_images
10192   new
0       nohup.out
6897356 original
180     repair
95600   small
369548  standard
4       test
4       db.sql
4       delete.log
108840  dia
540     dia.log
4       dia.pl
1924    images.lst
8       images.pl
124     missing_images
10192   new
0       nohup.out
6897356 original
180     repair
95600   small
369548  standard
4       test
16      update.sql
20      updateX.sql
8513152 insgesamt

address@hidden:# du --exclude=original

5048    ./_backup
4       ./big/tocreate
826156  ./big
12      ./copyright/2376
16      ./copyright/4505
16      ./copyright/6044
16      ./copyright/6267
12      ./copyright/6490
76      ./copyright
80      ./cover/tocreate
196976  ./cover
232     ./dia/tocreate
108840  ./dia
10192   ./new
164     ./repair/broken_img
180     ./repair
76      ./small/tocreate
95600   ./small
4       ./standard/tocreate
369548  ./standard
1615804 .

address@hidden:#


'du --exclude=original'
produces the right output (in my opinion) - it excludes the original 
directory from the grand-total, so the sum is 1615804

if i do the 'same' with

'du -ksc --exclude=original* *'
the subdirectory(-ies) original is counted, which leads to a sum of 
8513152

(it seems that original is excluded first, but '*' includes the 
directories [original + subdirs] again)

hmm
or, am i the bug?

thx
karl.