Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:33:51 -0500 (EST) From: matthew <matthew@netway.com> To: Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rsync: exclude doesn't work? Message-ID: <20040213203308.P67547@admin1.mdc.net> In-Reply-To: <402D7601.2070003@users.sourceforge.net> References: <402D7601.2070003@users.sourceforge.net>
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Rob wrote: > > > Hi, > > I use rsync to back up my files, but I want to exclude uninteresting bulk > files in cache directories of netscape, opera and mozilla. After reading > the man pages, I use following call: > > /usr/local/bin/rsync \ > --exclude "rob/.netscape/cache/" \ > --exclude "rob/.mozilla/**/Cache/" \ > --exclude "rob/.opera/cache4/" \ > -avzC /home/rob /home/BACKUP > Shouldn't there be a tilde before rob? As in "~rob/.opera/cache4/" for example. ;) m > However, the exclude lines seem to be ineffective; all the cache directories > are rsync'ed each time this backup script runs. > > Any ideas why that is? > > Thanks > Rob. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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