Copying files

[Robert Jakob <Jakob robertjakob de>]

Hi,

is it possible to copy a whole directory tree without the hidden files 
(aka .-files)
Small example

- dir1
    | - .svn
    | - dir2
    | - dir3
         | - file1
         | - file2
    | - file1
    | - file2
    | - file3

Now I want to copy dir1 to remote system.
How do I exclude .svn directories?
There is a possibility to give a pattern.
I entered
[^\.]*
but this did not work.

Best regards
   Robert