There are two computers, one is the server at 10.0.0.209, and the other one is a client.

If I execute this command in the client

rsync -avzrxlh 10.0.0.209:/var/www/library/* /var/www/library

I get success and the folders are synced.

But I want the client to sync some files from the server library not all.

So I’m trying to use the –file-from option, when I execute any of these commands in the client

rsync -avzrxlh --files-from=/home/player/library.files 10.0.0.209:/var/www/library/* /var/www/library

rsync -avzrxlh --files-from=:/home/player/library.files 10.0.0.209:/var/www/library/* /var/www/library

Where the file /home/player/library.files exists in both the server and the client machine with this content:

files/e0/e012a382bb37ca882b890d22ebb052cf.jpg
fonts/f3/f396f5b20e0d532e1b1cf4da3794878e.ttf

I get this result:

rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at options.c(2433) [server=3.2.7]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(231) [Receiver=3.2.7]

I can’t figure why… what am I doing wrong?