[ale] rsync exclude list

[Damon L. Chesser]

IIRC  The exclude list is from the dir the file is located in.  I hold
an exclude.txt in /home/$USER and it is as follows:

.ssh
.gconf
.gconfd
.gnome*
Downloads/s
.evolution

Works for me.

I suspect you need this:

../software/

Assuming that /software is off of /home/pbc, ie, /home/pbc/software/

NOTE the IIRC.   

On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 13:01 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> ok, so just in case my HD decides to get too hot & crashes, I decided to take 
>  my OLD dell desktop & make a copy of my current setup, with logins for me & 
>  wife..
>  Debian Lenny. No big deal, got it setup, setup openssh-server, ran rsync.. 
>  oops, I don't have near enough space on old driver, so I need to EXCLUDE some 
>  STUFF.. I have a folder under Documents called software. Here is my rsync 
>  script:
>  
>  rsync -varpltzo --exclude-from=/home/pbc/bin/dontrsync 
>  192.168.10.2:/home/pbc/Documents/ /home/pbc/Documents/
>  
>  heres the /home/pbc/bin/dontrsync file:
>  /home/pbc/Documents/software/*
> software/
> /software/
> /software/*
>  
> 
> I've also tried:
> 
> rsync -varpltzo --exclude=/home/pbc/Documents/software/* 
> 192.168.10.2:/home/pbc/Documents/ /home/pbc/Documents/
> 
>  
>  it still copies software.. what am I doing wrong...
> 
> 
> 


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