Hi, are you sure this is the right command? It should have source and target directory, but this one has only target. Which version of rdiff-backup are you using? KR, Eric (too)
On February 23, 2025 5:13:15 AM UTC, Eric Beversluis via Any discussion of rdiff-backup <rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org> wrote: >I'm trying to back up my home directory while excluding the /VirtualBox VMs >directory. I came up with this new command that, according to the syntax >instructions, should mean rdiff-backup would henceforth skip that directory. > > rdiff-backup --api-version 201 backup --exclude > '/home/eric/VirtualBox VMs' --include /home/eric > --exclude '**' /run/media/eric/backup > > >Yet, when I ran this command, it proceeded to backup the 'VirtualBox VMs' >folder. I thought I understood the syntax as saying that the --exclude Folder, >coming before the --include /home/eric would take precedence and leave Folder >out of the /home/eric backup. > >What am I getting wrong here?
