Tim wrote:
> Hypothetical question
>
> If I was using rsync to backup my home directory is it possible to do a backup
> and exclude all the hidden files and folders in my home directory but backup
> everything else?
>
> For example I want to backup my home directory, do a complete new distro
> installation then restore all my old home folders to my new distro home
> folder (I would use the same user names and group sucurity etc. on the new
> distro as I had on the old).
>
> I would not want all the hidden files and folders as they would contain
> configuration files that may not be compatible to my new distro??
>
> I have googled but have not seen any option for rsync that excludes hidden
> files, could it be done using the file exclude option??
I was using folder/* to backup my mail and found it WASN'T copying .
folders. I had to use just folder/ to copy everything. Maybe using /*
will achieve what you want.
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