Re: rsync problem

[Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net>]

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Ron Johnson wrote:

> On 2009-07-28 00:59, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > 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.

If you mean the space between "--" and "exclude '*.iso" that's obviously 
a screw up *but* it works. It's the "-exclude '/media'" that's the 
problem.

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