[mdlug] RSYNC Question

[Robert Citek]

Another solution is to explicitly specify what you want by using the
-R (--relative) option and specify the "root" using /./

For example:

# if you only want the files:
rsync -rltDvu -R \
--modify-window=1 \
--progress \
--delete \
--delete-excluded
--exclude-from=/home/username/Documents/Backup-Exclude-List.txt \
/home/username/./ \
/run/media/username/Iomega\ HDD/Backup

# if you want the username folder:
rsync -rltDvu -R \
--modify-window=1 \
--progress \
--delete \
--delete-excluded
--exclude-from=/home/username/Documents/Backup-Exclude-List.txt \
/home/./username/ \
/run/media/username/Iomega\ HDD/Backup

To point out the difference:

/home/username/./ \
 vs
/home/./username/ \

Regards,
- Robert

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 1:03 PM, JeremyBekka C <jrchristophel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Great that fixed it. I realized that I also had to put the "/" at the end
> of "/home/username/" or it did the same thing.
>
> Thanks!