Krsnendu writes:
> I want to exclude the directory which contains vmware virtual machines.
> I have tried to exclude it on my localhost computer and on my windows
> laptop. But both of them are still trying to backup the directory I
> want to exclude.
>
> Have I used the wrong formatting?
>
> I have searched the archives, but I still couldn't figure out what is wrong.
>
> All help appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Krsnendu dasa
>
> The location on the local host is
> /home/krsnendu/Virtual Machines
>
> Using the web interface I typed exactly the same as above for the
> variable: BackupFilesExclude
>
> In the config file it looks like this:
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
> '/home/krsnendu/Virtual Machines' => [
> ''
> ]
> };
This isn't right. The key should be the share name (eg: '/'),
and the value is the path you want to exclude. It's not that
obvious in the CGI interface.
So it should look like this:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/' => ['/home/krsnendu/Virtual Machines'],
};
Craig
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