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