scp -r $FOLDER but omit ONLY $FOLDER/$SUBFOLDER2 ??

Drigo · 11-04-2014, 12:25 PM

SO lets say I have the following folder with subfolders in a host machine:

$FOLDER/*files*
$FOLDER/$SUBF1
$FOLDER/$SUBF2
$FOLDER/$SUBF3
$FOLDER/$SUBF4
$FOLDER/$SUBF5

From my client, I want to copy all the folder but omit ONLY the subfolder $SUBF2?
How can I do so?

evo2 · 11-04-2014, 08:16 PM

Hi,

you could use rsync instead and make use of the --exclude option. Eg

Code:

rsync -r -e ssh --exclude $SUBF2 $FOLDER user@otherhost:somedir

Evo2.

PS. You probably don't need the '-e ssh' since this is the default on most systems.