rsync fails to exclude... sometimes?

[Wayne Davison]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:11:52AM -0700, rdwyer wrote:
> Is there a way to absolutely prevent rsync from copying
> a specific file in a directory where every file but that one is to be
> copied?

One thing you can do to prevent a particular file from being transferred
is to give rsync an absolute-path hide filter:

    --filter='hide,/ /some/absolute/path/file_to_exclude.html'

The hide rule is made absolute by the '/' modifier, and that will
prevent that particular file from ever being sent.  If you also want
to prevent that file from being deleted on the receiving side,
change the "hide,/" prefix to "exclude,/" (aka "-/").

..wayne..