Rsync how to include directories but not files?

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I have a directory structure and files like this

data/
data/a.txt
data/folder/
data/folder/b.txt
data/folder/folder/
data/folder/folder/c.txt
...

a.txt, b.txt, and c.txt are large files that are computer-generated and renewed frequently. They should NOT be backuped -- but I want to backup the directory structure :

data/
data/folder/
data/folder/folder/

How can I do this with rsync and --exclude-from, without specifying every folder, but something like rsync -a data/* --exclude-from=exclude.rsync "" --onlyfoldersandnotfiles""?

Thanks for help !

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4 Answers
rsync -a -f"-! */" source/ destination/

Filter rule means "Exclude anything that's not a directory."

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If you want to sync everything except one folder but you still want to keep the directory structure of that excluded folder, you should do the following:

$ rsync -a -f"+ /var/log/**/*/" -f"- /var/log/**/*" source/ destination/

See the exclude-list and the rsync command as an example.

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