On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 01:37:16PM -0500, jeffr at odeon.net (jeffr at odeon.net) wrote: > > I want to use rsync to backup a machine (we'll call it escher) to my > fileserver. I'd like to use ssh as the transport. I really don't need to > in this situation, but I'd like to just to learn how. > > I've got ssh behaving like I would like (i.e., can connect from the > fileserver to escher using a DSA key file without supplying a password). > > I need to initiate the connection from the fileserver as there is a > firewall between the two boxes that prevents escher from initiating a > connection to the fileserver. I could change this with some ipf rule > changes, but I'd rather not. > > What I'm getting hung up on is the significance of the slashes for rsync, > and the --exclude syntax. > > My goal is to backup the entire escher machine to the fileserver, with the > exception of any .journal files, the /tmp directory, and the /proc > directory. <snip> > Also, I'm not clear on the --exclude syntax. The man pages don't provide > an example for excluding multiple files, or directories at all for that > matter. If the exclude statement that I've got above won't work, could I > use something like: > > --exclude '.journal' --exclude '/tmp' --exclude '/proc' > You can also use a file that lists everything thta you want to exclude: rsync --exclude-from='exclude_file' I found that easier than trying to put it all on the command line. -- Amy Tanner amy at real-time.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 524 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020808/339f0a55/attachment.pgp