On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Paul Slootman <paul+rs...@wurtel.net> wrote: > On Thu 16 Apr 2009, Robert Parker wrote: > >> fromdir=/home/bob/ >> rsync --exclude-from="$excl" -a -b -vv --suffix="$suffix" $fromdir $todir > >> Here is the content of the exclude file >> >> /home/bob/.mozilla/firefox/ > > If you're passing /home/bob/ as the source dir, then you have to remove > /home/bob from the exclude patterns as those patterns are relative to > the transfer source. I.e. > > /home/bob/.mozilla/firefox/ > etc. > > becomes > > /.mozilla/firefox/ > /Ebooks.desktop > /Office.desktop > /Pictures.desktop > /Programs.desktop
Thank you for that. I reckon I can fix it now. Bob -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
