rsync - Mar 2009 - rsync questions

Hi all:

I got basic rsync working (not server mode). Basically it went to another server
via ssh, backed up subdireactories and stored on the local server. But I am
trying to use the feature of "exclude" and could not get it working
rigjt.

I am trying to back up /export/home/* (all of users) on another machine but
exclude a certain types of files. here is one of my tested exclude files:

/home/unwanted_dir

this one works. rsync successfully backed up other directories except the
"unwanted_dir"

But how could I get rsync search the patterns of files in those user directories
and exclude them?

Thanks

On Thu 26 Mar 2009, gahn wrote:
> 
> I am trying to back up /export/home/* (all of users) on another machine but
exclude a certain types of files. here is one of my tested exclude files:
> 
> /home/unwanted_dir
> 
> this one works. rsync successfully backed up other directories except the
"unwanted_dir"
> 
> But how could I get rsync search the patterns of files in those user
directories and exclude them?
Well, it tells you exactly in the manpage how to do it;
you've probably tried some things, it help help us to help you if you
say exactly what commands you have tried and what you want to happen.

Did you:
> Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
do the above?


Paul

You use '--exclude-from=/the/exclude/file'
and that file should look like he extract below

The following backs up all the users in my /home with the exceptions 
listed in it.  The ones that have 'hjm' reference my home dir.  the 
ones that have other users (hm/*) will completely skip those dirs.  
the ones that have no user spec (*.o) will omit all obj files from 
any subdir.

# use this command
# sudo rsync --exclude-from=/home/hjm/rsync.exclude  -av /home \
#    hjm@moon:/b/hjm/bongobak
hjm/.VirtualBox/*
hjm/.cx*
hjm/.cpan
hjm/code/*
hjm/nco_test/*
hjm/.kde/cache-bodi/http/*
hjm/.google/*
hjm/.googleearth/Cache/*
hjm/.thumbnails/*
hjm/nacs/osborne/gff*
hjm/nacs/2sigma/audio/*
hjm/.opera/cache4/*
hjm/.evolution/*
hjm/l_cc*
hjm/IDV*
hjm/code/SAS/*
hjm/SAS/*
hjm/.dods_cache/*
hjm/nco_bm/*
hjm/valgrind
hjm/.local/share/Trash/*
hjm/.ccache
hm/*
*.tmp
*.gff
*.chp
*.rpm
*.nc
*.o
*.rm
*.mov
*.deb
*out
*.iso

On Thursday 26 March 2009, gahn wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I got basic rsync working (not server mode). Basically it went to
> another server via ssh, backed up subdireactories and stored on the
> local server. But I am trying to use the feature of "exclude" and
> could not get it working rigjt.
>
> I am trying to back up /export/home/* (all of users) on another
> machine but exclude a certain types of files. here is one of my
> tested exclude files:
>
> /home/unwanted_dir
>
> this one works. rsync successfully backed up other directories
> except the "unwanted_dir"
>
> But how could I get rsync search the patterns of files in those
> user directories and exclude them?
>
> Thanks


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