Re: rsync issue

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:

> In rsync manual I coudn't find a solution to what I want.  I wish to copy all
> my home directory into another machine with the --delete option, but:
>
> 1) I dont't want hidden files, i.e.: `.*' to be copied;
>
> 2) on the other hand, there are some symlinks, beginning with `.', that I
>    want to be copied.
>
> The --exclude option won't help.
>
> From my home directory, if I do:
>
>  $ rsync -vrtul --delete * 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo
>
> , hidden files that are in `~/' are not copied at all nor the --delete option
> applies to files that are in `~/', so it's not good; from /home, if I do:
>
>  $ rsync -vrtul --delete rodolfo 192.168.0.2:/home
>
> , everything is copied, also system hidden directories and files, which I
> don't want.
>
> Please help with this issue.
> Thanks for any help


Sorry, I made a mistake: I mean, I want hidden files to be copied, except than
those in `~/': of those, i.e. of the hidden files in `~/', I just want the
symlinks to be copied.

Rodolfo