On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 10:19 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I'm just fine tuning my rsync exclusion file which is called perfectly > okay and works well, but now \i want to add these lines to it;- > > -/icedove/nipl* > -/gnash/* > -/mozilla/firefox/* > -/opera/* > > Will they work with wildcards like that please to exclude the whole of > the program and cache?
You just need to try :) But yes, the existing documentation is not the most easy to read... I had that same problem once... Below you will find some examples I used some time ago. But please notice that I was using "include-from" instead of "exclude-from"; you just need to revert your logic :) these are real life examples that are being used on production systems to execute timed filesystem replication of 2 linux boxes... If you have more doubts please feel free. Just go ahead and try your own examples... after a few tries you will understand how it works Hope it helps... /etc ================================= #---------------------------------------------files excluded - /etc/resolv.conf - /etc/hostname - /etc/inittab - /etc/modules - /etc/passwd - /etc/group - /etc/fstab - /etc/mtab - /etc/release - /etc/license.xml - /etc/license.xml.sign - /etc/*lock - /etc/cron.d/hotbackup.cron #---------------------------------------------dirs excluded - /etc/hotbackup - /etc/init.d - /etc/lilo - /etc/rc.d ================================== /home ================================== #dirs excluded - /home/lost+found - /home/shareboxes - /home/hbmaster - /home/named/var/run ================================== /usr ================================== # # #_exclude most - /usr/doc - /usr/docs - /usr/etc - /usr/include - /usr/info - /usr/libexec - /usr/man - /usr/sbin # # # #_/usr/lib: mailscanner, webauth, asterisk, sophos libs, ... + /usr/lib/mailscanner + /usr/lib/webauth + /usr/lib/asterisk + /usr/lib/libsavi* - /usr/lib/* # # # #_/usr/share: zoneinfo, clamav, phone-auto-config... + /usr/share/zoneinfo + /usr/share/phone-auto-config + /usr/share/clamav - /usr/share/* # ============================================ /var ============================================ #---------------------------------------------files excluded - /var/SWAPFILE* # # #---------------------------------------------dirs excluded # # #------------------------/var/hotbackup #------------------------ this dir is used for: pgdump, resolv.conf, fstab and friends !!! # #------------------------/var/items # - /var/lib/dhcpc - /var/lib/epak #- /var/lib/mailfax #- /var/lib/openldap-data #- /var/lib/radiusd #- /var/lib/voicerlib # - /var/log #- /var/log/hotbackup - /var/lock - /var/lost+found #----------------------- /var/notifyd # - /var/pgsql - /var/pgsql-r # - /var/run - /var/restore - /var/squid #------------------------ /var/state - /var/state/*lock - /var/state/pppoecache.cache - /var/state/pptp.sessions.conf #------------------------ /var/syslogmon - /var/tmp #- /var/webadmin - /var/www # =================================== > > If not, how do I do it please? I've found several sites on the > internet to explain it but I dont understand what they're saying. > > Thankyou > Sharon. > -- > A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html > efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ > efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ > Debian 6,0.3, Gnome 1:2.30+7, LibreOffice 3.4.4 > Registered Linux user 334501 > > -- 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/1326709918.2663.28.ca...@wheejy.critical.pt
