Dear SuSErs, Please could some 'Illuminati' help me get my cron-script right? :- I have problems because rsync is copying directory /proc [ including the huge kcore ], and also /mnt [ where I have mounted my backup partition /dev/hda6 ] , recursively. After looking at "man rsync" I am very unsure about how to get the syntax right ~ I need help to add the right "excludes" to my cron script :- ..................................... #!/bin/sh # # use rsync to backup / to /dev/hda6 on Thursday # mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda6 /mnt # df cd rsync -auvzr --delete / /mnt cd # next is to adjust book partition to hda6 cp /mnt/etc/fstab.bak /mnt/etc/fstab df umount /mnt cd .............................................. ~ many thanks ____________ sent on Linux ____________