rsync - Jun 2005 - Excluding a complete subdirectory

hi,

i'm trying to use rsync to backup some directories of
my box.

i.e. i will backup the whole subtree /opt/ except
/opt/apache/ and except /opt/kde3. the rest in /opt/
should be copied to my external usb harddisk.

but i can't find a way to do this, because apache and
kde3 are always included in the backup.

here is the rsync-call:
rsync --backup  --one-file-system \
      --delete --backup-dir=/mnt/backup/archive \
      --archive --ignore-errors \
      --exclude-from=/home/thomas/backup_exclude \
      /opt/ /mnt/backup/current

content of /home/thomas/backup_exclude
/opt/apache/
/opt/kde3/

some other versions of the exclude file i've tried:
- /opt/apache/
- /opt/kde3/
or
- /opt/apache/*
- /opt/kde3/*

the result is: the whole /opt/ directory is backuped,
including apache and kde3 :(

i'm using version 2.4.6  protocol version 24

do you have any ideas? 

thanks in advance for your help.

thomas



	
		
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On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 06:34:03PM +0200, Crossconnexion
wrote:
> content of /home/thomas/backup_exclude
> /opt/apache/
> /opt/kde3/
Reread the include/exclude section of the man page and look for the
information on how names are anchored.  (Hint: remove the "/opt".)

..wayne..