-# If we are root, we must allow the rsyncd process (which runs under
-# a different uid/gid) to write to the destination directory. Source
-# directory must be chown'ed as well so that UIDs & GIDs match when
-# the source & destination are compared after copying.
-chown -R $RSYNCD_UID:$RSYNCD_GID "$FROM" "$TO" 2>/dev/null || true
+# Build chkdir with a normal rsync and an --exclude.
+$RSYNC -av --exclude=foobar.baz "$fromdir/" "$chkdir/"