rsync - Jun 2009 - rsync excluded file syntax errors

I cannot figure out where I am going wrong with my excluded files
syntax! rsync backups up those folders I'm trying to exclude.

rsync -av --exclude-from=/etc/rsync_excluded.conf  --delete
root@polaris::polhome /pol_home_bkup


cat /etc/rsync_excluded.conf
- /home/agokhale
- /home/anand
- /home/asalazar
etc.

These are all top level folders with the same names.

On the rsync server rsyncd.conf:
[snip]
[polhome]
   path = /home

I'm stumped!

-- 
Rahul

On Wed 10 Jun 2009, Rahul Nabar wrote:
> I cannot figure out where I am going wrong with my excluded files
> syntax! rsync backups up those folders I'm trying to exclude.
> 
> rsync -av --exclude-from=/etc/rsync_excluded.conf  --delete
> root@polaris::polhome /pol_home_bkup
> 
> 
> cat /etc/rsync_excluded.conf
> - /home/agokhale
> - /home/anand
> - /home/asalazar
> etc.
> 
> These are all top level folders with the same names.
> 
> On the rsync server rsyncd.conf:
> [snip]
> [polhome]
>    path = /home
The excludes are always relative to the transfer root. Hence remove the
/home part (leaving /agokhale, /anand, etc)


Paul

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Paul Slootman<paul+rsync@wurtel.net>
wrote:
>
> The excludes are always relative to the transfer root. Hence remove the
> /home part (leaving /agokhale, /anand, etc)
Ah! Thanks Paul! Makes sense now.

-- 
Rahul