Re: rsync problem

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

On 2009-07-28 02:40, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Mike Bird wrote:
>
> > On Mon July 27 2009 22:59:38 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'
> > > --exclude '/media' /  /media/disk/laptop
> >
> > Does the space between the -- and the exclude exist in the script?
>
> Yes but it works. the problem is "--exclude '/media'".

Two points:

1. Always do it the "right way", even though you *assume* you
   know the wrong way "should" work, and

2. parsers treat extraneous spaces in all sorts of nasty and
   unexpected ways.

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Scooty Puff, Sr
The Doom-Bringer