nice. good luck then :)
On Dec 8, 2007 3:34 PM, GerryMc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dan,
> Thanks - that was it. What you said made sense when I thought about it. I
> left out the share name from the exclude line and my first backup has just
> completed!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* 08 December 2007 16:27
> *To:* GerryMc
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] Correct syntax for Exclude
>
> i think the problem is that you are excluding the share, which you should
> not do. the exclude works from the top directory of each share so what you
> are asking it to exclude is turning out to be \\My Data (E)\My Data
> (E)\DigiTV Recordings\*
>
> try doing it without the share name in the exclude
>
> On Dec 8, 2007 1:54 AM, GerryMc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am new to Linux but so far have got Ubuntu installed on a spare box
> > and
> > added backuppc to perform a backup role for my two Windows machines.
> > Backuppc is running and starts a backup but fails because of lack of
> > disk
> > space, the problem being large video files which I don't actually want
> > to
> > backup.
> >
> > I am using SMB and I have the specified the Windows share as 'My Data
> > (E)'
> > which is what it is shared as under Windows. I must have got that right
> > as
> > it starts to backup that share. Within 'My Data (E)' is a folder of
> > video
> > files named 'DigiTV Recordings' which I want to exclude. I have
> > specified an
> > exclude which I have named 'My Data (E)/DigiTV Recordings/*' That must
> > be
> > wrong as it proceeds to backup that folder and then fails because of
> > lack of
> > space. What is wrong with my Exclude statement syntax?
> >
> > Should I have the slashes as / or as \ when specifying folders on a
> > Windows
> > machine?
> >
> > I added the * at the end in line with backuppc config file advice to
> > catch
> > sub-folders within the specified folder. Is that right?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
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