How to exclude MULTIPLE directories in a rsync command ?

On 7 May, 09:42, Chris Davies <chris-use...@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc Matthew Lincoln <kmlincoln...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > As I learned from the man page of rsync I can exclude a certain
> > directory (trees) by using the --exclude option like in
> > rsync .... --exclude=/proc ....
> > But how do I exclude multiple directory (trees) at once in such a
> > rsync command?
>
> You get good marks for reading the man page. (You'd be amazed how many
> people don't even bother to try...) I think the bit you missed is this:
>
> * * Note also that the --filter, --include, and --exclude options takeone
> * * rule/pattern each. To add multiple ones, you can repeat the options
> * * on the command-line [...]
>
> Personally, I don't find the interaction between the --include/--exclude
> directives particularly intuitive. If it's simply a case of "exclude
> this and that", then you should be fine. However, as soon as I wanted to
> "include this but exclude that", I ended up taking some of the working
> examples (from the man page) and tweaking them until I got something
> that worked.
>
> Chris

Yeah, to get those to work in a sophisticated fashion, it's best to
write a configuration file which you edit for reference, rather than
the comand line.