title: Rsync: Combining '--files-from' and '--exclude' does not work
body: <p>I do my backups with <code>rsync</code> and used the option <code>--files-from</code> to define a list of directories that should be synced. Right now, I am planning to extend the command by the <code>--exclude</code> option, but it does not work.</p>
  
  <p>More specifically, the <code>include-list.txt</code> file already contains the directory <code>/home/user/shared/</code> and I want to exclude the new subdirectory <code>/home/user/shared/BIG_DATA/</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Here is the command that does not do the job.</p>
  
  <pre><code>rsync -azvvr \
      --files-from '/home/user/BACKUP_MNGMT/include-list.txt' \
      --exclude '/home/user/BACKUP_MNGMT/exclude-list.txt' \
      -e ssh / user@server:/home/user/Backup
  </code></pre>