Perhaps, you could take away the permission on these directories and make them inaccessable to backuppc?
Chris Baker -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] systems administrator Intera Inc. -- 512-425-2006 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Denyerec Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 6:07 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] BackupFilesExclude via smb for Windows Shares -Problem Hi there, I've been struggling to get a full backup working with BackupFilesExclude on windows. I have a couple of directories in a couple of shares that I don't need/want backed up (Cache and temp directories, as well as transient downloads.) So far, I have only been able to exclude a directory by using the following config: $Conf{SmbShareName} = [ '_downloads' ]; $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '*' => [ '?Temp' ] }; $Conf{SmbSharePasswd} = '*******'; $Conf{SmbShareUserName} = 'dennet'; I had previously tried the following config as a precursor to adding more excluded directories, but it copied the "excluded" folders anyway! : $Conf{SmbShareName} = [ '_downloads' ]; $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '_downloads' => [ '/Temp' ] }; $Conf{SmbSharePasswd} = '*******'; $Conf{SmbShareUserName} = 'dennet'; Is it perhaps something to do with the slash directions on windows? I read a blog post somewhere saying that only one exclusion per config was possible when backing up from windows, but wasn't sure if this was a limitation of an older version. I need to be able to specify multiple exclusions in multiple shares, so any direction on this matter would be gretly appreciated. I'm running on Ubuntu 7.10, with the latest version of BackupPC from their repository. Kind regards, Denyer +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
