Vijay Avarachen writes:
> I seem to have backupPC working smoothly but I am having difficulty
> narrowing down files that I want to backup. I am using tar to backup my
> linux host and I want to only backup files with specific extensions. I know
> how to do this via command line (--exclude="`find /target/dir | grep -i
> *.ext ). However I cannot figure out how to do this in backupPC. I have a
> feeling it has something to do with $fileList, but I can't figure out how to
> make use of it. Currently I have a terribly long list of exclusions, but I
> would rather have a short list of inclusion and exclude everythign else.
You can use $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} and $Conf{BackupFilesExclude},
which get converted into arguments to tar, and --exclude respectively.
If that doesn't give you the flexibilty you need, you can
simply replace $Conf{TarClientCmd} with whatever you please.
(Note that $Conf{TarClientCmd} is not executed with a shell,
so backticks etc don't work - you can point $Conf{TarClientCmd}
at a shell script if you need shell features.)
Tar --exclude supports regexp, so instead of
--exclude="`find /target/dir | grep -i *.ext
why not just:
--exclude="/target/dir/*.ext"
provided you specify --wildcards-match-slash. See the detailed
tar info.
Craig
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