On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:02:00PM +0100, J.A. de Vries wrote: > > is it possible to exclude directories/folders from a rsync command > > please? i know you can do files using a wildcard like *.avi, but is it > > possible to exclude e.g. /home/boztu/videos ? > > You can use the --exclude option if you want to specifiy the directory from > the > commandline. If you want to do it in a filter file just use the name of the > directory and prepend it with a minus. Like so > > + .rsync > - .rsync/logs > Another thing to keep in mind: if you end a pattern with a '/' then it only matches a directory. For instance,
--exclude something # matches files, symlinks, directories --exclude something/ # matches only directories -Rob -- 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/20120116145307.gb10...@aurora.owens.net
