Yes, rsync has a “-x" option, which does the same thing as for cp: it keeps it from crossing filesystem boundaries. If you are using rsync to back up whole filesystems, it’s indispensable. Rick On May 12, 2018, at 10:50 AM, Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> wrote: > Some commands have options to stop them looking at other filsytsems (cp > has -x and find has -xdev) I don't know about rsync (I don't have it > installed).