>can I simply do: > >rsync -avx --exclude=/home/backup / /mnt/sdb2/ The exclude is relative from the path specified in the source. Check this out: http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/10/10/rsync-exclude-files-and-folders _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos