Trying to setup a script to copy most of my home folder to a network share, and coming up against a wall. Trying to exclude the .cache folder, but it’s being copied anyway. Wondering if some seasoned veterans might have some insight on what I’m missing.
Try is like this, with the the / after the folder and while using "
rsync -avL --no-specials --delete --exclude “.cache/” --exclude “.steam/” --exclude “.ICAClient/” /home /media/TheVault/Backups/DailyHomeBackup
Thanks Tom, that did the trick. I had tried using the absolute path of /home/rick/.cache/* in previous tries, and wasn’t having any luck. Syntax was just a little bit off.
Glad Tom solved it for you. I am surprised the absolute path fails, but I confirmed it using --exclude as you did. However, when I use --exclude-from=path-to-file-with-excludes
I can exclude .cache, .local, .anything as long as I use a / or * wild card. Since I exclude all hidden files, I run with .* in my exclude file. But .cache/ or .cache* in the exclude file does what you’re looking for and avoids a long list of excludes on your rsync command.
I need to read up on the --exclude option, but my preference is the exclude file.