[CentOS] exclude directory from rsync

[Tim Dunphy]

Hey guys,

 Thanks for your input! Both examples you gave worked, and I'll do some
reading on the suggested subjects!! Just a heads up that it worked. I
appreciate the clarification!

Thanks,
Tim

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:45 AM, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 06/08/2015 10:12 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to do an rsync of the entire /var directory, but exclude just
>> the /var/www directory.
>>
> ...
>
>> rsync -avzp --exclude-from=/var/www /var/ /mnt/var/
>>
>
> --exclude-from takes a filename as an argument.  That filename is expected
> to contain a list of patterns to exclude.
>
>  rsync -avzp --exclude=/var/www /var/ /mnt/var/
>>
>
> If your exclude pattern begins with '/', then it matches a filename
> immediately within the transfer root.  So in this case, "/var/var/www".
>
> Read the "FILTER RULES" and "INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERN RULES" sections of
> the manual.
>
> Try:
>
> rsync -avzp --exclude=/www /var/ /mnt/var/
>
>
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