Hi Simone, --exclude expects the directory path *minus* your base directory, for instance in your example excluding /home/user/Desktop/not_needed while syncing /home/user/ is done with --exclude Desktop/not_needed
Run it with --verbose --dry-run to check how the exclusion rules are applied before actually transferring any files. Let me know if you need further help. Michal Simone Cortesi wrote: > Hi, > I’m trying to backup to S3 my whole home directory (let’s say /home/user/*) > > how do I write the commandline in order to have some folders excluded > from the backup? > > i.e. I dont want to have /home/user/Desktop/not_needed/* and > /home/user/no_no_no/* backed up on S3 because these are Dropbox > folders and svn repositories. > > I try this and other variations, but it does not work (s3cmd does > backup everything): > > s3cmd sync —exclude /home/user/Desktop/not_needed/* —exclude > /home/user/no_no_no/* —include “/home/user/*” /home/user > s3://some-backup-bucket > > Can you point me in the right direction? > > Thankyou. > Simone. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > S3tools-general mailing list > S3tools-general@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/s3tools-general > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ S3tools-general mailing list S3tools-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/s3tools-general
