Re: rsync

>> Mike, read the man pages, your syntax is wrong and it is clearly stated
>> when you:
>> $ man rsync
>> With that said, the syntax that you are concerned with in this instance
>> is:
>> rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [USER@]HOST:DEST
>> A couple of details that may bite you:
>> Don't rely on '~' to address a directory on the destination box.
>> The '~' will be interpreted by the shell before the command is handed to
>> 'rsync' and, if the tree in both boxes don't match, you'll get a mysterious
>> error that won't make sense until you realize that 'bash globbing' is
>> handing your 'rsync' the wrong path'
>> That is also valid for:
>> --exclude=.*mozilla*
>> if '.*mozilla*' resolves to more than one path you will get interesting
>> (and undecipherable) error messages.
>> I would do it as:
>> --exclude='.*mozilla*'
>> So, the 'proper' construction would something like:
>> $ rsync -vva \
>>    --exclude='/home/bmike1/**Pictures/*' \
>>    --exclude='.*mozilla*' \
>>    --exclude='.*chromium*' \
>>        xbmc@192.168.0.3:/home/xbmc/**backupdirectoryname
>> And remember:
>> if you have any question,
>> you will get any answer...    :)
>> ET