Hi, Mark Adams wrote on 2008-12-08 14:37:54 -0700 [Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupFilesExcludes for Linux]: > I think I spotted a mistake in my own speculative config. See below.
right, and there's a second one along the same line ... > [...] > > $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = { > > '/mnt/share' => [ > > 'images', > > 'Photos' > > ] > > '/' => [ > > 'etc' > > ] > > '/home' => [ > > 'madams' > > ] > > }; > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > > '/home/madams' => ['/torrent', '/Download'], This should be '/home' => [ '/maddams/torrent', '/maddams/Download' ], > > }; > > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ > > '/mnt/share', '/home', '/' [edited to match your correction] > > ]; > > $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = '192.168.1.106'; As Matthias probably meant to point out, you can achieve the same with $Conf {RsyncShareName} = [ '/etc', '/home/maddams', '/mnt/share/images', '/mnt/share/Photos' ]; $Conf {BackupFilesExclude} = { '/home/maddams' => [ '/torrent', '/Download'] }; or even $Conf {RsyncShareName} = [ '/' ]; $Conf {BackupFilesOnly} = { '/' => [ '/etc', '/home/maddams', '/mnt/share/images', '/mnt/share/Photos' ], }; $Conf {BackupFilesExclude} = { '/' => [ '/home/maddams/torrent', '/home/maddams/Download' ], }; This is, of course, just as speculative as your config, but I believe it *should* work that way :-). The important part is that the hash keys in BackupFilesOnly and BackupFilesExclude need to match your {RsyncShareName}s exactly, else they will simply be ignored (there is no magic that determines that '/home/maddams' lies within the '/home' share). Aside from that, *with rsync and tar* (not rsyncd and smb) you are rather free to split your paths into share names and BackupFilesOnly entries any way you like. Less shares probably means less overhead and a backup definition that is easier to understand. If you use '--one-file-system', you will need extra shares for anything on different file systems (probably '/home' and '/mnt/share' in your case). Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ 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/