[CentOS] exclude directory from rsync

On 6/8/2015 10:12 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote:
> rsync -avzp --exclude-from=/var/www/var/  /mnt/var/
>
> rsync -avzp --exclude=/var/www/var/  /mnt/var/
>
> But neither has worked. Can I get a suggestion on how to get this to happen?
how about...

     cd /var
     rsync -avzp --exclude=www/\* . /mnt/var






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