Hello Everyone, I am trying to exclude a directory (and all file and sub-directories under that directory) when using rsync.
I have spent two days on google, but everything that I can find there involves excluding individual files, not an entire directory. I have tried the following commands, but in each case the remove_dir and all of its sub-directories and files area still sent to the remote server. 1) rsync --delete --compress --archive --rsh=ssh --exclude="**/remove_dir/**" /local/path/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:remote/path 2) rsync --delete --compress --archive --rsh=ssh --exclude="\*\*/remove_dir/\*\*" /local/path/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:remote/path 3) rsync --delete --compress --archive --rsh=ssh --exclude="/local/path/**/remove_dir/**" /local/path/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:remote/path 4) rsync --delete --compress --archive --rsh=ssh --exclude-from=/path/to/exclude_file /local/path/ $user@ $host:remote/path and the /path/to/exclude_file contains: # don't include these files/dirs - **/remove_dir/** Any thoughts on the proper way to exclude an entire directory and its sub-directories and files when doing an rsync? -- Doug Registered Linux User #285548 (http://counter.li.org) ---------------------------------------- Random Thought: QOTD: If it's too loud, you're too old. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
