On 03/04/2015 10:41 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to do an rsync and exclude a directory called
>
>     /home/CDs/Linux/Wine/wine-1.7.37
>
> Problem: rsync sync's it anyway, including when I remove
> the * and spell it all out.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> rsync -rv --delete --delete-excluded --modify-window=1 \
>      --times --inplace --copy-links  \
>      --exclude '/home/CDs/Linux/Wine/wine-*' \
>      /home/CDs/Linux/Wine /mnt/MyCDs/Linux/.
>
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>


Hi All,

    'wine-*' was it.  Exclude is looking for a "pattern".
I had imprinted "path" on my brain.

   Thank you all for the help me with this!

-T

test run string:

rsync -rv --delete --delete-excluded --modify-window=1 \
    --times --inplace --copy-links  \
    --exclude='{wine-*,wine-1.7.24}' /home/CDs/Linux /mnt/MyCDs/.

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