[solved] Backup home directory with rsync (was: rsync issue)

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

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

> 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.



The following seems to be fine for me:

  $ cd
  $ rsync -vrtu --delete --exclude='/.*' . 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo

, where `192.168.0.2' is the address of the destination computer.  Hidden files
from the top level directory are not tansferred, all the others are, which is
what I want.  Symlinks are better created by hand.  I *highly* recommend anyone
to first use the `--dry-run' option before actually run the command, as the
--delete option is very dangerous!

Bye
Rodolfo