exclude hidden files

[Robert Parker]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Ken Gillett <emailist at ukgb.net> wrote:
> I want to exclude from the sync ALL files that start with a dot, IOW hidden files. But using --exclude '.*' does funny things with directories (or at least I think it does). Is there a recognised correct way to do this?
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> I thought --exclude '.???*' would avoid the directory issue by only excluding any dot file(dir) with a name longer than 2 characters. Not tried it yet, but would this be a good solution?


I think you need to specifically name the dot files you want to
exclude, eg '.*.swp' will ignore vi/vim swap files.

Bob Parker

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