rsync exclude

[Tony Abernethy]

Gary Montalbine wrote:
> I am trying to backup my /home directory. A friend helped me with this
> script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #backup friday
> #"Spinning up backup drive and mounting it .."
> cd /
> mount /mnt/hd2
> #"Starting backup procedures"
> rsync -avx --exclude="/home/gary/.thumbnails/"
> --exclude="/home/gary/tmp/" --delete --ignore-errors /home/gary
> /mnt/hd2/2010
> umount /mnt/hd2
> #END
> 
> It backs up /home OK. However it does not exclude .thumbnails or tmp. I
> have read the manual and am confused on the use of --exclude. I am
> strictly a user. I am using rsync supplied by ML2010.
> 
> Help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gary

from man page
            --exclude=PATTERN       exclude files matching PATTERN
Seems like you are excluding 
/home/gary/home/gary/.thumbnails/
/home/gary/home/gary/tmp/
you probably want something like
--exclude=/.thumbnails
--exclude=/.tmp
to match where /home/gary/ leaves off.