I'm not sure if I was relying on unspecified behavior, but I was in the habit of putting entries like this: /home/tug/public_html into an exclude file. This would omit everything under that directory. (I'm not sure if it omitted the directory itself, but I didn't care.)
In rsync 2.6.7, this had no effect, and everything under /home/tug/public_html was copied. I notice that a new /*** feature was added, so perhaps that is related somehow. When I add /** or /***, the directory is excluded fine. Here's the invocation with all the options (I left out the dozens of other directories, but can send them if need be): rsync --archive --compress --partial --relative --rsync-path=/usr/local/bin/rsync --sparse -v -e ssh --exclude-from=/l/etc/backup.exclude 'tug:\ ... /home/tug \ ... ' /backup/u/tug A few of the (many) files that were copied: home/tug/public_html/rutgers05/vga/UnivRest256.jpg home/tug/public_html/rutgers05/vga/UniversityInn230.exif home/tug/public_html/rutgers05/vga/UniversityInn230.html home/tug/public_html/rutgers05/vga/UniversityInn230.jpg Thanks, Karl -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html