Excluding a directory when copying
 

How do I copy everything in a directory but exclude one or more subdirectories?

For example, suppose I wanted to cp /etc/*, but I wanted to exclude /etc/rc.d?

Thanks again.

I don't think cp has an exclude, you could use rsync to do this though..

rsync --exclude rc.d -av /etc/* /other/location

Thanks for the reply. My original question is backup-related and so my next step will be to become more acquainted with rsync.