I am running rsync for back ups on a server but some files I do not want backed up. The files very in name so I need to do a * option to handle the variables. Here is a example of the files I want to not transfer. username/homedir/mail/new/1256216636.H494497P14252.dwhs250.dwhs.net,S=4830 username/homedir/mail/new/1256216988.H787800P16131.dwhs250.dwhs.net,S=3177 username/homedir/mail/new/1256217099.H219581P16933.dwhs250.dwhs.net,S=970 I have this code in a exclude file now but the files still get through: *.*.dwhs250.dwhs.net *.*.dwhs250.dwhs.net:2, *.*.dwhs250.dwhs.net,* *.*.dwhs250.dwhs.net,*,* *.msg" core.* *.*.mbox:2, then I have this rsync code running: rsync --delete -vae ssh 12.123.123.123:/backup/cpbackup/daily /home2/dwhs250/ --exclude '/root/exclude.txt' Thanks! Charley ----- Chaze http://www.charlesyarbrough.com My Blog | DWHS http://www.dwhs.net Web Hosting -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/I-have-a-rsync-question-about-excluding-files-tp27300204p27300204.html Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com.