On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 09:00:51AM -0800, Rich Rauenzahn wrote:
> John Rouillard wrote:
> >Our current backup system (hdup) allows the user to prune directories
> >from the backups. So I can backup the /home share and have a user
> >create
> >
> > /home/user/data/lots_of_junk_data_that_doesnt_need_backup/.nobackup.
> >
> >that file will prevent the backup of
> >
> > /home/user/data/lots_of_junk_data_that_doesnt_need_backup
>
> Have you tried the -F option in rsync? Seems to work for me.
No I haven't. Was using rsycn 2.6.3 till recently and -F/--filter
isn't in that version.
> I added
> -F to the rsync remote options and then dropped a .rsync-filter file in
> the directory. The contents of .rsync-filter is just one line,
>
> - *
>
> It is a little more work than just 'touch .nobackup'.
True but as you explained could be easily automated and actually
provides better control.
Thanks for the pointer.
--
-- rouilj
John Rouillard
System Administrator
Renesys Corporation
603-643-9300 x 111
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