Hi Tobias,
what about something like:
mkdir /tmp/from
touch /tmp/from/.{un,}wanted /tmp/from/also{un,}wanted
rdiff-backup -v5 backup \
--include /tmp/from/.wanted --exclude /tmp/from/.\* \
--include /tmp/from/alsowanted --exclude /tmp/from/\* \
/tmp/from /tmp/bak
(and /tmp/bak contains then only the wanted files)
So first the includes, then the corresponding excludes. It shouldn't
make a difference if from the command line using --include/exclude or
using files with --include/exclude-globbing-filelist
Hope this helps,
Eric
On 08/01/2023 23:32, Tobias Leupold wrote:
Dear list,
I use rdiff-backup to do automated backups on my server. I backup /, but I
exclude everything and only include what I need. E.g. I use the following call
rdiff-backup --include-globbing-filelist /etc/backup.include \
--exclude / \
/ /backup/data
and specify a list of folders I want in /etc/backup.include, e.g.
/etc/crontab
/etc/postfix
/etc/dovecot
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/sbin
/srv
That works just fine.
Now I'm trying to adapt this to a machine with similar requirements, but
including some parts of a home directory.
What I can't get to work is: I want to include the home directory, but without
all the .whatever files. But I want SOME of them.
E.g. I want:
/etc/some/config_file
/etc/some/other/config_file
And also all the "normal" files and folders in /home/my_user
/home/my_user/folder_1
/home/my_user/folder_2
/home/my_user/foo
/home/my_user/bar
and so on, but I don't want
/home/my_user/.*
but I DO want a defined set of dotfiles, e.g.
/home/my_user/.ssh
/home/my_user/.local/share/foo
I can't get this to work. I played around a lot with --include-globbing-
filelist, --exclude-globbing-filelist, --include and --exclude, but either, I
get none of the .whatever files inside /home/my_user, or I get all of them.
Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance for all help!
Cheers, Tobias
