>> >> Hmm, the problem is that there are no dovecot* files present in >> /home/virtual itself, but they do appear in the many sub-directories.
I see. >> >> > > Jason provided me with the correct syntax: > > *************** > To skip anything within the backup path that matches try something like > > rdiff-backup --exclude '**dovecot**' /home/virtual /backup > > The documentation is a bit slack on it - you need to infer that the > --include option would work the same way for the --exclude. > *************** > > Thanks, Jason and anyone else who replied! :-) > > > Greetings, > Evert > rdiff-backup --exclude '**dovecot**' /home/virtual /backup will also exclude files NOT starting with "dovecot" but having it somewhere in the middle - if you don't care about that, it's fine. I would try rdiff-backup --exclude '**/dovecot*' /home/virtual /backup this will only exclude files/folders starting with dovecot. Jakob _______________________________________________ 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
