excluding dot file/dir only in user home dir

[Kevin Korb]

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Assuming that the rsync source is the user's home dir: --exclude='/.*'
If you are backing up all of /home and want the same rules for all
users then: --exclude='/*/.*'

On 11/14/11 13:57, Fabrizio Pollastri wrote:
> Hi all, I am looking for the proper rsync command to backup a whole
> user dir recursively, excluding dot file/dir at the first level
> (user home) but not in subdirectories.
> 
> TIA, Fabrizio Pollastri

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