At Tue, 2 Oct 2007 it looks like Alfred von Campe composed: > > I am trying to exclude a directory (and all file and sub-directories > > under that directory) when using rsync. > > > > I have spent two days on google, but everything that I can find there > > involves excluding individual files, not an entire directory. > > Have you tried a simple "rsync --exclude remove_dir ..."? > > Alfred >
I was tasked with backing up my /home/ directory but leave out stuff that I don't need like: /home/wiliweld/.firefox and other "dot" file directories. So, first I'll show you the crontab entry by using the "crontab -l" command: ################################################################## [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]-> crontab -l 1 1 * * * /usr/bin/rsync -avz /home/wiliweld/ /data1/home-wiliweld/ --exclude-from=/root/rsync-exclude.txt ################################################################## In my /root/rsync-exclude.txt file I have entries like this: ################################################################## [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]-> cat /root/rsync-exclude.txt - .adobe/ - .beagle/ - .config/ - .fontconfig/ - .fonts/ - .gconf/ - .gconfd/ - .gimp-2.2/ - .gnome2/ - .gnome2_private/ - .gnupg/ - .java/ - .kde/ - .local/ - .macromedia/ - .mcop/ - .mozilla/ - .ooo-2.0/ - .pork/ - .qt/ - .sane/ - .skel/ - .supertux/ - .thumbnails/ - .vlc/ - .vmware/ - .wapi/ - .xemacs/ - .xine/ - .zinf/ - .DCOP*/ - .inputrc/ - .lesshst/ - .realplayerrc/ ################################################################## -- Bill Schoolcraft <*> http://wiliweld.com "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing." -- Redd Foxx _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
