On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 03:45:39PM -0700, Collin Marc wrote: > BDIR=/home/$USER > EXCLUDE=exclude.txt > OPTS="-a -r -v -p -t --del --exclude-from=$EXCLUDE > --progress" > BACKUPDIR=/media/dvdrecorder > rsync $OPTS $BDIR $BACKUPDIR
I note that the $USER dir is included as the base directory in the transfer. First, make sure that you're looking for the files in the directory /media/dvdrecorder/$USER/.kde/share and not in /media/dvdrecorder/.kde/share . Next, the trialing triple-star includes will only work if you're using rsync-2.6.7 or later on the sending side. If you're using an older rsync, you'll need to change those lines into a separate directory include + a separate include of the contents inside the directory. Alternately, you could change your exclude idiom so that it works in a slightly different way. For instance, here's one way to do what you want that works with all versions of rsync. It involves a slightly modified exclude file in which I anchored the rules (to avoid any unexpected matching and to make them more efficient). I anchored all the exclude rules too, so there that means that there needs to be a few more of them: + /*/.kde/ + /*/.kde/share/ + /*/.kde/share/apps/ + /*/.kde/share/apps/kmail/ + /*/.kde/share/apps/kwallet/ + /*/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/ + /*/.kde/share/apps/kabc/ - /*/.kde/share/apps/* - /*/.kde/share/* - /*/.kde/* - /*/.* Using that exclude file should work for you. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
