rsync woes

[nunki]

I am trying to do a simple backup of my home directory into my backup directory on my desktop. Im on my laptop running xubuntu intrepid. Rsync will not exclude hidden files no matter what I type. The command I am using is:

rsync -av --progress --exclude=¨.*/¨ --exclude=¨.*¨ <my source dir> user@mydesktop::backup/dest

No hidden files or directories are excluded. I have tried multiple different combinations of the exclude directive to no avail. Any suggestions?

[jonobr]

If I recall rightly, the exact syntax should be

--exclude="- *."

and you should be able to remove

--exclude=¨.*/¨ --exclude=¨.*¨

hope that works, and remember to test before deploying!

[nunki]

If I recall rightly, the exact syntax should be

--exclude="- *."

and you should be able to remove

--exclude=¨.*/¨ --exclude=¨.*¨

hope that works, and remember to test before deploying!

Thanks, that seems to have done the trick. Syntax is a bit non-intuitive, but it works.

[jonobr]

agreed,

good to hear its running!

[philinux]

You might want to give gadmin-rsync a go. It's in the repos.

[jonobr]

philinux

if that name is a play on the name of the lead singer of thin lizzy and you are a fan , that's hilarious,
If not , then its still amusing to me............


I need to lie down now...........