Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> writes: > In rsync manual I coudn't find a solution to what I want. I wish to copy all > my home directory into another machine with the --delete option, but: > > 1) I dont't want hidden files, i.e.: `.*' to be copied; > > 2) on the other hand, there are some symlinks, beginning with `.', that I > want to be copied. > > The --exclude option won't help. > > From my home directory, if I do: > > $ rsync -vrtul --delete * 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo > > , hidden files that are in `~/' are not copied at all nor the --delete option > applies to files that are in `~/', so it's not good; from /home, if I do: > > $ rsync -vrtul --delete rodolfo 192.168.0.2:/home > > , everything is copied, also system hidden directories and files, which I > don't want. > > Please help with this issue. > Thanks for any help
Sorry, I made a mistake: I mean, I want hidden files to be copied, except than those in `~/': of those, i.e. of the hidden files in `~/', I just want the symlinks to be copied. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r5gyq1sz....@gmail.com
