Re: excluding a directory without stating its contents?

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 22:02 -0200, Carlos Carvalho wrote: I need to exclude a directory at the root of the sync tree. It's big, so it's important that both the source and destination don't waste time stating their contents. Should I use --exclude /dir or --exclude /dir/*** or

excluding a directory without stating its contents?

I need to exclude a directory at the root of the sync tree. It's big, so it's important that both the source and destination don't waste time stating their contents. Should I use --exclude /dir or --exclude /dir/*** or something else? -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid