> HI, > > I'm trying to exclude some files & directories from a filesystem which I > would like to copy to a different site. I did: > > # rsync -avz --exclude-file=/fs21/tmp/perl_scripts/exclude.txt > /fs22/a/circuit_design mickey.willow.com:/cpu/store/design > > where file /fs21/tmp/perl_scripts/exclude.txt contains the following > directories and files to be excluded from /fs22/a/circuit_design : > # cat /fs21/tmp/perl_scripts/exclude.txt > /fs22/a/circuit_design/file1 > fs22/a/circuit_design/file2 > fs22/a/circuit_design/dir1 > > I'm invoking rsync from a machine named winnie.willow.com to transfer > files/directories in /fs22/a/circuit_design to > mickey.willow.com:/cpu/store/design. > However, it still copies all files or directories in the filesystem > /fs22/a/circuit_design to mickey.willow.com:/cpu/store/design. It should > not include the files/directories mentioned in the > /fs21/tmp/perl_scripts/exclude.txt file. > > I've tried with the following for excluding just 1 file or directory and > it works: > # rsync -avz --exclude=/fs22/a/circuit_design/file1 > /fs22/a/circuit_design mickey.willow.com:/cpu/store/design > > It does not however work when I did the following for excluding >1 > file/directory: > rsync -avz --exclude=/fs22/a/circuit_design/file1 > --exclude=/fs22/a/circuit_design/file2 /fs22/a/circuit_design > mickey.willow.com:/cpu/store/design > > I was wondering if this should be the way to rsync a filesystem, excluding > some files/ directories? > > Please help. > > Thanks. > > >
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