Try to use the -e flag : rsync -auvz -e ssh from where -- Luc MAIGNAN /*WinXpert*/ Directeur technique Tél : +33-1 69 51 39 50 e-mail : luc.maignan@xxxxxxxxxxxx Andy Green a écrit : > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >> Hmm - I'm getting something badly wrong here: >> >> [anne@david ~]$ rsync -auvz /home/anne/ ssh:anne@borg:/home/anne/ >> > > The ssh: is bogus. > > Your best plan is to set up a test dir and get the simplest case working > first to your satisfaction. > > It looks like .* in the exclude causes it to start poking in .., maybe > this is shell expansion: try --exclude ".*" > > -Andy >