Daryl Styrk wrote: > Daryl Styrk wrote: >> >> I currently have a simple script to run >> >> rdiff-backup --exclude /home/daryl/Downloads/ /home/daryl/ >> /media/Lacie/daryl_backup >> >> However testing --exclude by dropping test.txt in ~/Downloads shows >> that the directory is still being copied over. Is this because the >> first time I ran rdiff to the target I did not include --exclude in my >> script? > > I solved this by removing /Downloads manually from the destination. Now > that is does not exist on the target, the script properly --excludes > /Downloads at the source.
That behavior isn't correct. If it already exists at the destination, and is excluded thenceforth, it should be deleted at the destination and included in a single rdiff (just as if it was deleted at the source). Is it possible rdiff-backup does not have deletion permission for the destination? Matt Flaschen _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
