rsync - Jan 2003 - Proper --exclude= syntax?

I'm currently syncing the home directories on two boxes with the syntax:

dest-host# rsync -av -e "ssh" --delete --progress source-host:/home/
/home/

That's working well.  Now I want to exclude /home/httpd/* from the process. 
(I don't want web changes on one box to affect the other box.)  Which of the
following is the best/correct one to use?

1) --exclude=/home/httpd/*
2) --exclude=/home/httpd/
3) --exclude=/home/httpd
4) --exclude=httpd/*
5) --exclude=httpd/
6) --exclude=httpd

Thanks!

-Dan

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On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 02:15:13PM -0800, Dan Kressin
wrote:
> I'm currently syncing the home directories on two boxes with the
syntax:
> 
> dest-host# rsync -av -e "ssh" --delete --progress
source-host:/home/ /home/
> 
> That's working well.  Now I want to exclude /home/httpd/* from the
process.
> (I don't want web changes on one box to affect the other box.)  Which
of the
> following is the best/correct one to use?
> 
> 1) --exclude=/home/httpd/*
> 2) --exclude=/home/httpd/
> 3) --exclude=/home/httpd
> 4) --exclude=httpd/*
> 5) --exclude=httpd/
> 6) --exclude=httpd
> 
None of the above.

	--exclude=/httpd/

Patterns are relative to the src/dest paths.

The leading slash is the equivelant of a regex ^  leaving it
off will match any directory named httpd however deep in the
tree.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Kressin" <dkressin@yahoo.com>
To: <rsync@lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: Proper --exclude= syntax?

> I'm currently syncing the home directories on two boxes with the
syntax:
>
> dest-host# rsync -av -e "ssh" --delete --progress
source-host:/home/
/home/
>
> That's working well.  Now I want to exclude /home/httpd/* from the
process.
> (I don't want web changes on one box to affect the other box.)  Which
of
the
> following is the best/correct one to use?
>
> 1) --exclude=/home/httpd/*
> 2) --exclude=/home/httpd/
> 3) --exclude=/home/httpd
Won't work with command above. They refer to /home/home/httpd.
> 4) --exclude=httpd/*
Would sync perms on httpd, but not contents, also, would apply to all dirs
called httpd anywhere in /home/.
> 5) --exclude=httpd/
Would exclude all dirs called httpd anywhere in /home/.
> 6) --exclude=httpd
Would exclude all dirs or files called httpd anywhere in /home/.

I would use --exclude=/httpd/

Max.