Using rsync for a backup program but having trouble getting --exclude-from to work properly

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On 15-Apr-2009, at 14:19, Robert Parker wrote:
> rsync --exclude-from="$excl" -a -b -vv --suffix="$suffix" $fromdir  
> $todir

> /home/bob/.mozilla/firefox/


The / in the exclude-from is relative to the starting directory, not  
an absolute path. So what you are excluding is '$fromdir/home/ 
bob/.mozilla/firefox/'.


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