On Thu 26 Mar 2009, gahn wrote: > > I am trying to back up /export/home/* (all of users) on another machine but > exclude a certain types of files. here is one of my tested exclude files: > > /home/unwanted_dir > > this one works. rsync successfully backed up other directories except the > "unwanted_dir" > > But how could I get rsync search the patterns of files in those user > directories and exclude them?
Well, it tells you exactly in the manpage how to do it; you've probably tried some things, it help help us to help you if you say exactly what commands you have tried and what you want to happen. Did you: > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html do the above? Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html