rsync : how to exclude specific files or folders ?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> Oh ! After reading your mail, and re-re-re-reading the man page, I ventured into this:
> 
> $rsync <options> --exclude '*.VirtualBox' --exclude '*.googleearth' <source> <destination>
>
> and it worked !

Yes, and if you want to switch from a chain of exclude parameters to a
file (e.g. if the command line starts getting long), you can just do:

rsync <options> --exclude-from=my_exclude_file <source> <destination>

And my_exclude_file is then just:

*.VirtualBox
*.googleearth

Exactly the same format.

Matt Flaschen