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

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, David Bridges wrote:

> In an earlier reply I mentioned using a file to exclude things that is
> referenced on the rsync command line. I know that things can be excluded
> as an argument on the command line but I've been tripped up doing it like
> that in the past. I would suggest trying the following using your correct
> information of course.

David,

I read that. With only a single subdirectory I tried to do it on the command
line. However ...

> The following should do what you want as it works prefectly for me with my
> specific directories and excludes.
>
> rsync -arvP -e ssh --exclude-from='/home/rshepard/excludes.txt'
> /home/rshepard/ rshepard at salmo:/home/rshepard/

> Hope this helps

... yes, this does help.

Thanks,

Rich