Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition

Excluding files while archiving with rsync

The -exclude and -exclude-from options specify files that should not be transferred:

    --exclude PATTERN

We can specify a wildcard pattern of files to be excluded. Consider the following example:

$ rsync -avz /home/code/app /mnt/disk/backup/code --exclude "*.o"

This command excludes the .o files from backing up.

Alternatively, we can specify a list of files to be excluded by providing a list file.

Use --exclude-from FILEPATH.