Apparently, though unproven, at 23:12 on Tuesday 16 November 2010, Mick did opine thusly:
> > Don't think of --exclude as being a file path match, think of it as more > > a regex (usually just a literal one). It specifies a pattern that if > > found if the full pathname, results in the file not being synced. > > > > > > > > The string "./System Volume Information" of course appears nowhere in the > > rsync output list of files. > > > > > > > > I think you want: > > > > > > --exclude "/System Volume Information" > > > > > > > > Then rsync will not attempt to open the directory at all > > Excellent, it worked! :-) Glad to hear it. I could help because part of my job is running a rather big public ftp mirror that management graciously pay for. And I went down this rsync road a long time ago myself. You have no idea how many brain cells died in agony to figure out this specific piece of rsync behaviour :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
