How to exclude MULTIPLE directories in a rsync command ?

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?
The following does not work:

rsync .... --exclude=/proc||/var||/dummy ....

Same with "&&" instead of "||"

Matthew

Matthew Lincoln 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?
> The following does not work:
>
> rsync .... --exclude=/proc||/var||/dummy ....
>
> Same with "&&" instead of "||"
>
> Matthew

Use multiple --exclude=dir arguments.

-Wayne

On 7 May, 06:57, kmlincoln...@hotmail.com (Matthew Lincoln) 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?
> The following does not work:
>
> rsync .... --exclude=/proc||/var||/dummy ....
>
> Same with "&&" instead of "||"
>
> Matthew

Try 'rsync --exclude=/proc --exclude=/var --exclude=/dummy

On Wednesday 7 May 2008 07:57, Matthew Lincoln 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? The following does not work:
>
> rsync .... --exclude=/proc||/var||/dummy ....
>
> Same with "&&" instead of "||"

You can repeat --exclude many times to specify multiple exclusions.
Alternatively, you can use the --exclude-from option and put the names to be
excluded in a file, one per line. Read man rsync for the details.

--
D.

Matthew Lincoln 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?
> The following does not work:
>
> rsync .... --exclude=/proc||/var||/dummy ....
>

rsync .... --exclude=/proc --exclude=/var --exclude=/dummy

On Wed, 7 May 2008, Matthew Lincoln 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?

Use multiple "--exclude /path/to/unwanted/directory/" options.

rsync ... \
--exclude /proc/ \
--exclude /var/ \
--exclude /dummy/ \
...

This works well.

--
Nicolas

In comp.os.linux.misc Matthew Lincoln <kmlincoln100@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 take one
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

Matthew Lincoln <kmlincoln100@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? The following does not work:

Use multiple '--exclude='

rsync .... --exclude=/proc --exclude=/net --exclude=/tmp

G'luck...

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In comp.security.ssh Matthew Lincoln <kmlincoln100@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?
> The following does not work:


Check the man page for --exclude-from=

You just need to set up a simple text file will all the excludes and call
rsync with the --exclude-from= to read the file in.

-bruce
bje@ripco.com

On Wed, 07 May 2008 05:57:09 +0000, Matthew Lincoln 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? The following does not work:
>
> rsync .... --exclude=/proc||/var||/dummy ....
>
> Same with "&&" instead of "||"

you may use a file with: --exclude-from=FILE

((Linux manpage 2-79):
This option is related to the --exclude option, but it specifies a FILE that contains exclude patterns
(one per line). Blank lines in the file and lines starting with ';' or '#' are ignored. If FILE is -,
the list will be read from standard input.
)

for instance, I used it this way in a quick&dirty backup script
-------
EXCLUDED="- junk/
- .thumbnails/
- .googleearth/
- .macromedia/
- .kde/
"
....
echo "${EXCLUDED}" | rsync -vax --delete /home --cvs-exclude --exclude-from=- --delete-excluded ${BKUPDIR}
-------