Great Thanks @Craig Barratt<mailto:[email protected]>!!!
From: Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To
Akibu,
The convention is to not use the trailing "/" on rsync share names. Unlike
most linux utilities, in certain cases rsync will behave differently whether or
not there is a trailing "/" on a directory name.
So you probably want do this:
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = "/cygdrive/j";
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/cygdrive/j' => [
'/useless_folder_1',
'/useless_folder_2'
]
};
Also, if the list of directories to include is shorter than the list to
exclude, you might be better off using $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} to list the
directories you want. That way if you make a mistake, it's likely the backup
is smaller (or empty), which makes debugging and iterating easier.
Craig
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Akibu Flash
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I "think" I understand... Thanks
@[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. So my share
name i.e. $Conf{RsyncShareName} would be /cygdrive/j/ (which basically would
backup everything on my j drive).
And to exclude files from that backup, I would put the following in the cgi
interface for $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} /useless_folder_1; and
/useless_folder_2, which would generate in the config.pl<http://config.pl>
file, what you typed.
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/cygdrive/j/' => [
'useless_folder_1',
'useless_folder_2'
]
};
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From: Michael Stowe
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 9:26:33 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To
On 2017-06-19 10:28, Akibu Flash wrote:
@Craig Barratt See below. Essentially, I am trying to avoid having to list
multiple shares to backup for $Conf{RsyncShareName} and to just list one and
then use $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} to exclude a few folders from that one
share. Thanks.
$Conf{XferMethod} = rsync
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = /cygdrive/j/* #please note this is the nature of my
question. Currently I have multiple shares listed for $Conf{RsyncShareName}
(e.g. /cygdrive/j/Documents, /cygdrive/j/Photos, etc.) But want to pare that
down to just one i.e. $Conf{RsyncShareName} = /cygdrive/j/* and to use the
Excludes function to exclude the files I don't want backed up.
Because your transfer method is rsync, your share names have to match what
rsync is using (i.e., “module name” in rsync parlance.) /cygdrive/j/ could be a
valid share name, but /cygdrive/j/* probably isn't.
You'll need to start by getting this right.
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = blank
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = /cygdrive/j/useless_folder_1;
/cygdrive/j/useless_folder_2; /cygdrive/j/useless_folder_3
Let's assume that your share name is ‘/cygdrive/j/’. This would look like this:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/cygdrive/j/' => [
'useless_folder_1',
'useless_folder_2'
]
};
I note that this MUST match your share, OR, a ‘*’ may be used here, to match
all shares.
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