[CentOS] Limiting files when using rsync

[Mark Schoonover]

Todd Cary wrote:
> I use the following command to sync the home directory on the two
> computers, however I would like not to send the "dot" files e.g.
> ".ssh".  Can that be done, and if so, how would I construct the
> command line?
> 
> /usr/bin/rsync -av -e ssh /home/ 192.168.0.22:/home/
> 
> Many thanks....
> 
> Todd

Todd,

	I'm pretty sure you need to --exclude '.*' on the command line, buh
I usually put all my excludes in a file and --exclude-from=rsync.excludes.

Thanks!

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