On Tuesday 21 March 2006 07:28, James Wilkinson wrote: > > I should have thought --exclude .[a-z]* or --exclude .??* would have got > rid of most hidden files and directories. A quick check on my home > directory suggests both would do the job [1] > Thanks for the suggestion - I'll try it today. > I'd also suspect that for the test, you need to --exclude ~/Desktop : > things could get odd if you repeatedly try to syncronise all of your > home directory to somewhere underneath it. > > Hope this helps, > > James. > > [1] Assuming that you haven't changed LANG or LC_COLLATE to C, in which > case .[a-z]* won't get .DCOP*. > For the test I will direct it to another folder that can be deleted once I'm sure everything is as I wanted it. I don't seem to have done too much damage with that first error. Perhaps it's fortunate that I hadn't emptied Trash before I started, and I had done a lot of culling. I always leave things in Trash for a day or two after an exercise like that, in case I've made a mistake :-) Anyway, I was able to interrupt while it was still copying Trash, which may have saved the day. As it is, the only thing I've noticed is that I can't get back the default Fedora Core wallpaper, which I like to keep on the server box. It makes a clear visual differentiation between that and my own desktop box. It isn't offered along with the other wallpapers, and I don't know its name, so it's difficult to search. I tried a few guesses but without success. Anne
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