Re: rsync --exclude-from-file not working

2010-03-29 Thread Johan
On 03/28/2010 07:35 PM, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, Johan wrote: > >> Good day, >> >> rsync does load and read the file but does not act on it. >> >> If I change the filename rsync complains. >> I must be doing something wrong. > > The paths for 'exclude-from' should be rela

Re: rsync --exclude-from-file not working

2010-03-28 Thread Benjamin R. Haskell
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, Johan wrote: > Good day, > > rsync does load and read the file but does not act on it. > > If I change the filename rsync complains. > I must be doing something wrong. The paths for 'exclude-from' should be relative to the root directory of your source. (So, omit the '/be

rsync --exclude-from-file not working

2010-03-28 Thread Johan
Good day, rsync does load and read the file but does not act on it. If I change the filename rsync complains. I must be doing something wrong. I use a laptop. Opensuse 11.2, rsync > version 3.0.6 protocol version 30. I created the following to test.. In .. /home/johan/ a dir rysnc-tst. In th