Request for exclude syntax assistance

[David Favor]

I'm baffled by exclude syntax. I'm mirroring CPAN and am trying to
exclude all files in the src/ directory. I've tried for days to figure
this out and now throwing myself on the mercy of this list.

Here's my current incantation:

    /usr/bin/rsync -av --delete --exclude '/src/**' --delete-excluded \
       --prune-empty-dirs ftp.funet.fi::CPAN /cpan-mirror/

I've tried 'src', 'src/', '*src*', 'src/***'.

Someone straighten me out. Thanks.

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Using rsync version:

rsync  version 3.0.1  protocol version 30
Copyright (C) 1996-2008 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others.
Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/
Capabilities:
     64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 32-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints,
     socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace,
     append, ACLs, xattrs, iconv, symtimes

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