Hello again list!
I'm running into some trouble with excluding directories in rsyncd.conf on a
windows machine. The machine in question is dying quickly, and rarely stays
"alive" for more than 30 minutes or so. Because of that, I'm trying to
slowly increment what is being backed up to the debian server.
The main problem is the excludes list is supposed to be separated by spaces,
and of course everyone's favorite OS has spaces in directory names. I tried
to get around this with quotation marks, but the things I ask to be excluded
are still included. I also tried adding explicit excludes to the config on
the backuppc, and that similarly didn't take. Here are the key configs -
From the host.pl on the backuppc -
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
'documents'
];
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/Administrator/' => [
''
],
'/Application Data/' => [
''
],
'/All Users/' => [
''
],
'/Default User/' => [
''
]
};
This is the rsyncd.conf that is running from the cygwin-rsyncd
2.6.8_0package from the backuppc page at sourceforge. I am trying to
start with the
smallest possible amount of data from this machine, then I'll include things
one directory at a time.
use chroot = false
max connections = 4
log file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.log
pid file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.pid
lock file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.lock
[documents]
path = c:/Documents and Settings
comment = Everything
strict modes = false
auth users = backuppc
secrets file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.secrets
hosts allow = 192.168.68.103
read only = false
list = true
exclude = "/Administrator/" "/All Users/" "/Application Data/" "/Default
User/" "/Jennie and Andy/.java/" "/Jennie and Andy/.javaws/" "/Jennie and
Andy/.jpi_cache/" "/Jennie and Andy/Application Data/" "/Jennie and
Andy/Cookies/" "/Jennie and Andy/Desktop/" "/Jennie and Andy/Favorites/"
"/Jennie and Andy/Local Settings/" "/Jennie and Andy/My Documents/" "/Jennie
and Andy/NetHood/" "/Jennie and Andy/PrintHood/" "/Jennie and Andy/Recent/"
"/Jennie and Andy/SendTo/" "/Jennie and Andy/Start Menu/" "/Jennie and
Andy/Temp/"
All in all that should leave only about 10 Mb worth of data under
c:\Documents and Settings that should be copied to the server, but every
attempt at rsyncing grabs absolutely everything in documents and settings.
Thanks for the help.
Peace,
Jim
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