rsync : how to exclude specific files or folders ?

[H.S.]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> 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


The asterisks are needed. ".foo" will match a file any file called .foo
in any path. See first rule in section EXCLUDE PATTERNS in rsync man page.

Regards.




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