consider the following example:/source  /source/folder1  /source/folder2  /source/folder3/destination  /destination/folder2  /destination/folder3    /destination/folder3/mytestfolder1  /destination/folder4    /destination/folder4/mytestfolder1    /destination/folder4/mytestfolder2I want to sync source to destination but /destination/folder4/mytestfolder1 must be ignored. I tried using the exclude parameter rsync -av --delete --progress --exclude mytestfolder1 /source/ /destination/but this ignores all folders named mytestfolder1.When I supplied the full path, nothing is ignored since it seems rsync thinks the path is in the source and not on the destination.rsync -av --delete --progress --exclude /destination/folder4/mytestfolder1 /source/ /destination/rsync -av --delete --progress --exclude destination/folder4/mytestfolder1 /source/ /destination/I've searched the net but didn't find anything helpful.Thanks for the help. :)
how do I exclude a specific folder on the destination when using rsync?
rsync;file copy
If you use an absolute path in a filter (include/exclude), it's interpreted starting from the root of the synchronization. You aren't excluding a directory in the source, or a excluding a directory in the destination, you're excluding a directory in the tree to synchronize.Thus:rsync -av --delete --progress --exclude /folder4/mytestfolder1 /source/ /destination/