The source:
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin> dir
total 628
-rw-r--r-- 1 rufus users 67 Feb 16 17:24 aud-link.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 rufus users 3759 May 3 23:39 bad-world_rant.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 rufus users 3981 Feb 9 13:00 bernie-rant.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 rufus users 584635 Feb 3 16:13 bldg_bath_fans_FineHomeBuilding.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 3 rufus users 4096 Apr 17 17:01 dir1
drwxr-xr-x 2 rufus users 4096 May 11 08:03 dir2
drwxr-xr-x 6 rufus users 4096 May 12 17:07 dir3
drwxr-xr-x 2 rufus users 4096 May 12 08:16 dir4
-rw-r--r-- 1 rufus users 2 May 13 07:56 dummy
drwxr-xr-x 4 rufus users 4096 May 12 17:47 fldr-m-tst
-rw-r--r-- 1 rufus users 2 May 12 17:37 m
-rw-r--r-- 1 rufus users 2 May 12 17:18 m-tst.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 rufus users 2 May 12 17:19 tst.m
-rw-r--r-- 1 rufus users 2 May 12 17:18 tst-m.txt
drwxr-xr-x 3 rufus users 4096 May 12 17:57 zfldr
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin>
The commands that fail: (slight variations of wildcards and quotes and a
relative path. The first example is the cleanest and simplest. The last example
is using ** and it also fails.)
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK> rdiff-backup -v3 --include /home/rufus/WK/testin/dummy
--exclude /rufus/home/WK/testin/dir3 /home/rufus/WK/testin
/home/rufus/WK/testout2
Found interrupted initial backup. Removing...
Fatal Error: Fatal Error: The file specification
'b'/rufus/home/WK/testin/dir3''
cannot match any files in the base directory
'b'/home/rufus/WK/testin''
Useful file specifications begin with the base directory or some
pattern (such as '**') which matches the base directory.
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK> rdiff-backup -v3 --include /home/rufus/WK/testin/dummy
--exclude dir3 /home/rufus/WK/testin /home/rufus/WK/testout2
Found interrupted initial backup. Removing...
Fatal Error: Fatal Error: The file specification
'b'dir3''
cannot match any files in the base directory
'b'/home/rufus/WK/testin''
Useful file specifications begin with the base directory or some
pattern (such as '**') which matches the base directory.
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin> rdiff-backup -v3 --include
/home/rufus/WK/testin/dummy --exclude /rufus/home/WK/testin/dir3?
/home/rufus/WK/testin /home/rufus/WK/testout2
Found interrupted initial backup. Removing...
Fatal Error: Fatal Error: The file specification
'b'/rufus/home/WK/testin/dir3?''
cannot match any files in the base directory
'b'/home/rufus/WK/testin''
Useful file specifications begin with the base directory or some
pattern (such as '**') which matches the base directory.
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin>
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin> rdiff-backup -v3 --include
/home/rufus/WK/testin/dummy --exclude /rufus/home/WK/testin/?dir3
/home/rufus/WK/testin /home/rufus/WK/testout2
Found interrupted initial backup. Removing...
Fatal Error: Fatal Error: The file specification
'b'/rufus/home/WK/testin/?dir3''
cannot match any files in the base directory
'b'/home/rufus/WK/testin''
Useful file specifications begin with the base directory or some
pattern (such as '**') which matches the base directory.
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin>
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin> rdiff-backup -v3 --include
/home/rufus/WK/testin/dummy --exclude '/rufus/home/WK/testin/*dir3'
/home/rufus/WK/testin /home/rufus/WK/testout2
Found interrupted initial backup. Removing...
Fatal Error: Fatal Error: The file specification
'b'/rufus/home/WK/testin/*dir3''
cannot match any files in the base directory
'b'/home/rufus/WK/testin''
Useful file specifications begin with the base directory or some
pattern (such as '**') which matches the base directory.
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin>
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin> rdiff-backup -v3 --include
/home/rufus/WK/testin/dummy --exclude ** /home/rufus/WK/testin
/home/rufus/WK/testout2
Fatal Error: Switches missing or wrong number of arguments
See the rdiff-backup manual page for more information.
rufus@Air-PC:~/WK/testin>
This makes no sense. The file "dummy" and the directory "dir3" exist in the
base, but rdiff says "...dir3...cannot match". How is this possible?
And how is "--exclude **" (last example fail) wrong? Switches? Arguments?
Thanks for any help.
Rufus
