[PLUG] Copying to new host, excluding a directory tree

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Ben Koenig wrote:

> Stop using wildcards and the . when using rsync. It causes problems for
> the human element. Specify the folders using ABSOLUTE pathnames and always
> include the trailing /

Well, I'm the only human element involved and I have no problems. When
synchronizing an entire directory there's never been an issue. What I want
to learn is how to exclude a specific subdirectory on the source host.

Rich