Jon Forrest wrote:
A couple of weeks ago I had trouble configuring BackupPC to include and exclude client directories. With the help of readers of this list, I learned that I didn't understand the syntax and semantics of the $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} variable.One way that I could have avoided this misunderstanding would have been to use a mechanism that's already present in BackupPC, although it's used in a different place and in a different way. What I'm thinking is that wouldn't it be nice if when a user is going to select what directories to backup (or exclude), the backup manager is presented with a directory tree displaying the directory structure of the client to be backed up. This would look very similar to the directory tree that BackupPC displays when users browse existing backups to select the files and directories to be restored. By selecting the desired locations in the directory tree, the cgi Perl script could automatically fill in $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} correctly. Plus, this method would make it easier to backup a large number of directories and files than entering everything by hand. What do you think?
Sounds nice, but doesn't seem to cover all use cases. For instance, I exclude directories that may not exist at all on some of my clients. How would your GUI method facilitate that? And I also don't see how you would be able to use * or even ** wildcards this way. The current system offers a lot more flexibility.
Nils Breunese.
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