Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> writes: >> In rsync manual I coudn't find a solution to what I want. I wish to copy >> all my home directory into another machine with the --delete option, but: >> >> 1) I dont't want hidden files, i.e.: `.*' to be copied; >> >> 2) on the other hand, there are some symlinks, beginning with `.', that I >> want to be copied. >> >> The --exclude option won't help. >> >> From my home directory, if I do: >> >> $ rsync -vrtul --delete * 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo >> >> , hidden files that are in `~/' are not copied at all nor the --delete >> option applies to files that are in `~/', so it's not good; from /home, if I >> do: >> >> $ rsync -vrtul --delete rodolfo 192.168.0.2:/home >> >> , everything is copied, also system hidden directories and files, which I >> don't want. > > > I mean, I want hidden files to be copied, except than > those in `~/': of those, i.e. of the hidden files in `~/', I just want the > symlinks to be copied.
Thanks to Rob and Karl for their help. The following seems to work: $ rsync -vrtul --delete --exclude='rodolfo/.*' rodolfo 192.168.0.2:/home , and I'll create the symlinks by hand. Maybe there's a better solution: I wish the `delete' option worked also for files and not only for directories, but in rsync manual couldn't find that. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hbhoo6wx....@gmail.com
