On 01Aug2019 14:13, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
Is there a way to do a "cp -r" and have it
exclude certain directories?

Aside from "chmod 0 those_directories..."?

Or: "cp -r a b; rm -r b/c b/d ..."?

Use rsync:

 rsync -ia --exclude=/local/path/to/subdir1 --exclude=....... this that

Note that the leading "/" in the --exclude anchors the pattern to the top of "this", not the root directory.

Also note that there are a few rsync options which -a does not include, notably (IIRC) -H (preserve hard links - may consume memory), -X (extended attributes) and -A (acls).

Test with the -n option first.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au>
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