On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 05:46 +0200, Alex Schaft wrote:
> Craig Barratt wrote:
> > Alex Schaft writes:
> >
> >
> > > I'm trying to stop backuppc from backing up mp3 files. I've tried
> > > setting the exclude file parameter to *.mp3 as well as just mp3, but
> > > they're still being backed up.
> > >
> >
> > What is your XferMethod?
> >
> >
> SMB to windows clients.
>
> I checked the archives, and found the below from 2002, but it didn't
> work properly (All of the sudden it was failing to backup folders with
> a single character e.g. \\client\docs\b, where these folders didn't
> exist.
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [
> "*/Temporary Internet Files/*",
> "*.MP3",
> "*.mp3"
> ];
>
I experimented a bit and found that the exclusions do work, and more
than one exclusion can be used. The trick was to prefix a backslash to
the directory or file that is excluded. Forward slashes did not work.
The exclusions are relative to the root of the share, of course.
I am using samba-3.0.14a on a Gentoo box, backing up Windows XP Pro and
Server 2003.
Some examples:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [ '\foo' ]
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [ '\foo', '\*\bar' ]
Per-share excludes can be done as well:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'share1$' => [ '\foo' , '\bar' ],
'share2$' => [ '\foobar' ],
};
--
Travis Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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