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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...
eton wrote:
XAffi wrote:
eton wrote:
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/.
"/home/user/\.cache/" is not accepted by te web interface... Any idea if I can enter this directly?
Have you tried without the first slash (slightly different meaning but shouldn't make any difference in this case)? Like "home/user/\.cache/". I actually think rsync should handle dots fine, "home/user/.cache/". Be aware that it's case sensitive!
Sorry for the late reply. had some issues with the ISP...
The web interface does not support this as well... Can you tell me where to edit it if login directly to the NAS?
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