On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 06:12:53PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > "-/ tmp/" works though, and does only exclude exactly what I want.
I spoke too soon. For me, "-/ tmp/" works identically to "- tmp/", that is it excludes everything with a "tmp/" directory in it: [sender] hiding directory /data/home/andy/tmp because of pattern tmp/ [per-dir .rsync-filter] [sender] hiding directory /data/home/andy/.svn/tmp because of pattern tmp/ [per-dir .rsync-filter] Sorry for the noise, Andy -- 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