Re: rsync problem

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-07-28 00:59, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> Tried to post this to the rsync list but the subscribe connection failed 
> so I'll try here.
>
> Just installed rsync 3.0.3-2 and tried to backup to a usb drive using a 
> script:
>
> rsync -vaHz --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' -- exclude '*.iso' 

Look *very* *carefully* at this line.

> --exclude '/media' /  /media/disk/laptop

and see how it differs from this line.

> This is the same script, with the exception of the "laptop" directory, 
> that I use successfully to back up my Ubuntu partitions. The problem is 
> that despite the --exclude '/media', rsync insists on backing up the 
> /media directory. I tried running it as <user> and as <root> with the 
> same results. A cursory search of the logs turned up nothing. Neither 
> did a search on "rsync --exclude not honored".
>
> Not sure where to start trouble shooting. Any pointers appreciated.


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