rsync exclude

[Gary Montalbine]

That worked. Thank you Tony.

Gary

Tony wrote:
> try:
> --exclude=.thumbnails/***
> --exclude=tmp/***
> 
> On Dec 16, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Gary Montalbine wrote:
> 
>>
>> Tony Abernethy wrote:
>>> 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