rsync command

[David Fox]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:

> rsync -vaHz --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' --exclude '/media' /.
> /media/disk
>
> What I'm hazy on is the significance of "/." prior to "/media/disk".

The command is going to sync every file (/.) and write the synced
files to the /media/disk folder - presumably another HD is mounted at
that mountpoint.

Try executing 'ls /.' in a terminal and you'll see the output.