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On 18:18:06 Feb 29, Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> Is there a flag I can set to use with rsync to backup every file of
> /usr/home/* [here on my FBSD desktop] to my Ubuntu desktop that has 
> only /home/*??
> 
> Of course, I could always create /usr/home on my other computers. ...
> 

Your question is not clear to me.

I use

$ rsync -avzp --delete /usr/home/* /home

if that is what you are looking for.

-Girish