On 28 October 2017 at 12:17, Jenny Hopkins <hopkins.je...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 October 2017 at 09:38, Paul Slootman <p...@debian.org> wrote:
>
>> You probably also need some real excludes, otherwise these won't have
>> any effect (everything is included by default).
>>
>> Presumably something like:
>>
>> exclude:
>> + /etc/
>> + /etc/**
>> + /backup/
>> + /backup/dirvish/
>> + /backup/dirvish/*/
>> + /backup/dirvish/*/dirvish/
>> + /backup/dirvish/*/dirvish/**
>> - /backup/dirvish/*/*
>> - /backup/*
>> - /*
>>
>> Rules are evaluated in order. You might even need a "+ /" at the top.
>>
>
> Thanks - I'll have a play about with a test directory.
>
> Jenny
Very pleased - have a file that does just what I want now.
+ /
+ /home
+ /home/jenny/.ssh....
+ /home/jenny/.bash_history
- /home/jenny/.*
+ /var/lib/postgres
+ /var/www
- /var/*.
+ /root/.ssh
+ /root/.bash_history
- /root/.*
- /bin
- /etc
- /boot
- /init*
- /vmlinuz*
- /proc
- /sbin
- /usr
- /m*
- /lib*
- /tmp
- /sys
- /dev
- /opt
- /run
- /srv
It seems you have to add subdirectories or files *before* then
excluding everything else. The worst culprit for filling up disk
space unnecessarily are the hidden stuff in a users home directory
that change constantly, like firefox directories and imap mail folder
stuff, and also the server log files, - the above will now take care
of this.
It looks as though it could be condensed down a bit, maybe do the
adding then end with "- /"? And if there were a global variable
"$user" I could have instead of listing every system user that would
be cool.
Thanks for the help.
Jenny
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