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rsync folder exclusion tips
I just would like to share my reasearch on how to exclude a folder with rsync. The man pages uses the form FolderName/, but that excludes all folders with that name whereever they are stored on the b...
XAffi wrote: Hi.
I have some issues with excluding files... I'd like to exclude hidden directories from my home share like .cache directory. How can i do this. /home/user/.cache cannot be entered into the web interfache.
From my experience with the web interface is that it can be tricky. In most cases excluded directories should en with a slash, /home/user/.cache/. Does Frontview accept dots "."? You could try to escape the character with /home/user/\.cache/.
You can also try with character codes:
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/19829
http://www.ascii-code.com
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