On 2 May 2001, Jeff Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, all, for the suggestions. None of them seemed to work,
> though. Last round of testing I removed the R option and added an * after
> the trailing directory slash in the exclude file.
>
> Specifically, here is the command I used:
>
> rsync -aq -exclude-from=/root/exclude.txt \
> -e /usr/local/bin/ssh * redhat62:/backup/rsync/firewall
A few points:
- Long options must start with '--', so you need
--exclude-from=/root/exclude.txt
I'm guessing this is just a typo, because otherwise you would
probably get some kind of error message.
- In recent versions, you can use -vv for an explanation of why files
are being excluded or included
- Your syntax tells it to look in /proc, but then throw away all
files that don't start with a dot. (* does not match .foo).
Instead, just have in your exclude list
proc
dev
mnt
lost+found
tmp
and those directories will be pruned from the search.
You'r getting those errors because rsync is trying to traverse /proc,
which is not a real filesystem but rather contains magic files that
appear and disappear as processes run on the system.
> Rsync looks to be much better! And, if I have to, I can live with the
> error messages cron generates--it just seems that there ought to be a way
> to do this without the error messages.
Let us know how it works out.
Happy hacking!
--
Martin
