I was under the incorrect assumption that specifying an asterisk would apply the exclusion list to all ShareNames until I struggled with making it work and re-read the tutorial [1] where it specifies that the asterisk "means it applies to all shares that don't have a specific entry".
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '*' => [ '*access_log*', '.apdisk', '*/.apdisk', '.cache' ] Is there a method to make an exclusion list for all shares, even if individual shares have specific lists of their own? For example, I want to exclude the /var/lib/mysql folder on the /var share, but I also want to exclude any directory named .cache from all shares. Would it be valid to list all shares in a common definition, and also break them out into individual lists like this: $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '/home, /var, /usr, /boot, /data' => [ '*access_log*', '.apdisk', '*/.apdisk', '.cache' ] $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '/var' => [ '/lib/mysql' ] My list of files to exclude from every ShareName includes over 40 items so it's not trivial (or aesthetically pleasing) to append this list to each share definition. [1] http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#_conf_backupfilesexclude_ +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by itism...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/