On 2009-07-28 02:40, Robert Holtzman wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Mike Bird wrote:
On Mon July 27 2009 22:59:38 Robert Holtzman wrote:
Just installed rsync 3.0.3-2 and tried to backup to a usb drive using a
script:
rsync -vaHz --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' -- exclude '*.iso'
--exclude '/media' / /media/disk/laptop
Does the space between the -- and the exclude exist in the script?
Yes but it works. the problem is "--exclude '/media'".
Two points:
1. Always do it the "right way", even though you *assume* you
know the wrong way "should" work, and
2. parsers treat extraneous spaces in all sorts of nasty and
unexpected ways.
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Scooty Puff, Sr
The Doom-Bringer
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