got the solution for it. just FYI you don't need to put the full path just --exclude=/some/dir/file
Bashar AlAbdulhadi (KBM) E&D UNIX System Support Team (SUN) IT Department, Kuwait Oil Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] +965-3989111 x71288 -----Original Message----- From: Al-Abdulhadi, Bashar Sent: Tue, March 25, 2003 10:14 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: --exclude not working? 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 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html