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Subject: Re: rsync: exclude doesn't work?
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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.
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