I Thought I was doing that with the filter rule: + /home/ + /home/joe/ - /home/* - /home/joe/.cache/ + /root/ + /boot/ + /etc/ + /usr/ + /usr/local/ - /usr/* - *
I use that for backing up some of my home directories and files to a flash drive, but I have some mistake when trying to backup / to my external drive since it is also backing up other directories that I don't want as well as a loop. If I can't figure how to change this I'll try the exclude. On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 13:14:13 -0600 Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]> wrote: > Make sure you exclude the mount point for your back-up drive, i.e. > --exclude=/media/root-backup > _OR_ adding it to the command-line argument > rsync $OPT --exclude=$TRG $SRC $TRG > or otherwise you this could create an infinite backup loop that tries > to backup the backup plus it's backup plus.... > > HTH, > > Hendrik Schaink > > > On 15-08-14 11:53 AM, Joe S wrote: > > I am trying to backup my computer to an external drive using rsync. > > From / to /media/root-backup > > The problem: rsync copies more directories than I want and it > > copies /media/root-backup multiple times. > > > > I have included my backup script and filter rule file. > > Hoping someone will see the mistake. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
