Eric, sorry about replying privately. I don't know what made me think
you had replied to me privately. When I look now, I see it was addressed
to the list. Thanks for the suggestions re the command.
Eric Beversluis
www.ericbeversluis.com
2x Honorable Mention--Writer's Digest Contest
On 2/23/25 12:51 PM, EricZolf wrote:
Hi,
again, please reply to the list and only to the list.
On 23/02/2025 12:54, Eric Beversluis wrote:
HI Eric,
Maybe I edited too much out of the command to keep it brief. Here's
the complete command. It's the one I've been long using with the
addition of '--api-version 201' and '--exclude '/home/eric/VirtualBox
VMs''.
sudo rdiff-backup --api-version 201 backup --exclude '/home/eric/
VirtualBox VMs' --include /home/eric --include /var/www --include
/var/ lib/mysql --include /usr/share/fonts --exclude '**' /
/run/media/eric/ ec90af29-6371-4399-9f2f-5eaf005af33e/XPS-2024-11-08
The 'VirtualBox VMs' directory has gotten too big, with the new VM in
there (that I created from scratch) and the files of the VM I was
trying to restore from rdiff-backup. And since VirtualBox didn't like
what I restored from rdiff-backup, I decided to leave that whole
directory out of the backup.
You didn't say which version of rdiff-backup you're using, but the
command line looks correct to me.
You could do 2 things:
1. add `--verbosity 5` (or more) _before_ backup to list the f\iles
backed-up and see which files are really listed. Without it, how do
you know which files are backed up?
I knew it was backing up the \VirtualBox VMs directory when the backup
was taking way too long, and I took a look at what was being written to
the backup disk and the amount of space being used on the disk. At that
point I aborted the backup and have since regressed it to the Feb 18 backup.
(Using rdiff-backup 2.2.6 on Fedora 40.)
Since the previous backup included \VirtualBox VMs, would that cause
rdiff-backup to ignore the --exclude argument in the revised command?
2. replace the space through a question mark in
'/home/eric/VirtualBox?VMs'; it shouldn't be an issue but you never know.
KR, Eric
Thanks.
Eric Beversluis
www.ericbeversluis.com
2x Honorable Mention--Writer's Digest Contest
On 2/23/25 2:51 AM, EricZolf wrote:
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?
