--exclude not working?

[Al-Abdulhadi, Bashar]

Hello,
        am using the following flags for my rsync line

rsync --exclude=/path/to/a/file -av /some/dir /some/other/dir

and every time it sync the file is copied, any idea why? or am using the wrong 
expression?


Bashar AlAbdulhadi (KBM)
E&D UNIX System Support Team (SUN)
IT Department, Kuwait Oil Company
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   +965-3989111 x71288

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