> > Thank you so much for helping me > > Now I am trying to use the following command to backup > all files in hda to sda3 (mount on seconddrive folder) > in the same machine and also excludes > > /usr/bin/rsync -avz --exclude=/boot1 > --exclude=/seconddrive --exclude=/proc /* /seconddrive try below . it copies /opt/maildaily/maildaily.tar.gz to /mnt/maildaily /usr/bin/rsync -a /opt/maildaily/maildaily.tar.gz /mnt/maildaily FOR more, pls understand below command and its meaning. rsync -avz --delete --exclude=**/stats --exclude=**/error --exclude=**/files/pictures -e "ssh -i /root/rsync/mirror-rsync-key" someuser at 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 > > Thank you > > Indunil Jayasooriya > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz > -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071002/aa009c1b/attachment-0005.html>