I am trying to exclude a directory (and all file and sub-directories under that directory) when using rsync.

I have spent two days on google, but everything that I can find there involves excluding individual files, not an entire directory.

Have you tried a simple "rsync --exclude remove_dir ..."?

Alfred

This may work. If worked, Pls reply to the list by appending SOLVED to the subject line. Then, Others can beniit.

rsync -avz --delete --exclude=**/stats --exclude=**/error --exclude=**/files/pictures -e "ssh -i /root/rsync/mirror-rsync-key" someuser@server1.example.com:/var/www/ /var/www/

(The --delete option means that files that have been deleted on server1.example.com should also be deleted on mirror.example.com. The --exclude option means that these files/directories should not be mirrored; e.g. --exclude=**/error means "do not mirror /var/www/error". You can use multiple --exclude options. I have listed these options as examples; you can adjust the command to your needs. Have a look at

another URL to read,

http://www.howtoforge.com/mirroring_with_rsync_p2

GOOD LUCK

On 10/3/07, Ski Dawg centos@skidawg.org wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to exclude a directory (and all file and sub-directories under that directory) when using rsync.

I have spent two days on google, but everything that I can find there involves excluding individual files, not an entire directory.

I have tried the following commands, but in each case the remove_dir and all of its sub-directories and files area still sent to the remote server.

1. rsync --delete --compress --archive --rsh=ssh

--exclude="**/remove_dir/**" /local/path/ $user@$host:remote/path

2. rsync --delete --compress --archive --rsh=ssh

--exclude="**/remove_dir/**" /local/path/ $user@$host:remote/path

3. rsync --delete --compress --archive --rsh=ssh

--exclude="/local/path/**/remove_dir/**" /local/path/ $user@$host:remote/path

4. rsync --delete --compress --archive --rsh=ssh

--exclude-from=/path/to/exclude_file /local/path/ $user@ $host:remote/path

and the /path/to/exclude_file contains: # don't include these files/dirs

• **/remove_dir/**

Any thoughts on the proper way to exclude an entire directory and its sub-directories and files when doing an rsync? -- Doug

Registered Linux User #285548 (http://counter.li.org)

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