Re: [LUG] rsync error.. tries to copy Trash folder

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/11/17 13:26, M. J. Everitt wrote:
> On 05/11/17 13:19, Julian Hall wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Doing a weekly backup of my NAS by rsync I keep getting an error when
> > it tries to copy the Trash folder, which obviously I don't want it to
> > copy anyway:
> >
> > rsync: opendir "/media/julian/DIANA/.Trash-1000" failed: Permission
> > denied (13)
> >
> > I have tried excluding the specified folder as follows;
> >
> > sudo rsync -aAXv /media/julian/CASSIOPEIA /media/julian/ARTEMIS/
> > --delete --exclude={/media/julian/CASSIOPEIA/.Trash-1000}
> >
> > However it seems to ignore the exclusion. It's not a huge problem as
> > everything else copies properly, it's just an irritant.
> >
> > Any thoughts please?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Julian
> Why the curly braces {} and not simply double-quote and escape the
> exclude .. I suspect if you try to echo this 'parameter' to the console
> it will tell you why its not parsing it ...
>
> MJE
I just copied the syntax I found when researching the original command 
and that had the curly brackets. I have noticed now though that in the 
command for backing up / the excludes have '/etc/*' so I tried 
'/.Trash-1000/*' but that has not worked either.

I'm sorry, but I don't follow you with 'escape the exclude' and echoing 
the parameter?

Julian

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