Have a look at
http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/Common_backup_excludes
I find the linux excludes somewhat spartiate - different utilities place
backkup and temporary files at well hidden places. I just started
getting things together, my intial setup for my home directory
illustrates that
Thanks, I'll give the link a read. I was more asking about the syntax
than the contents It doesn't matter what's in there, if the syntax
isn't correct!
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Juergen Harms wrote:
Have a look
So, following that template I'd like to ask the list if I'm doing this
right:
Linux Host:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/' = [
'/usr/local/vpopmail/domains',
'/usr/local/MPP/working',
'/proc',
'/var/qmail/queue',
'/backup'
]
};
Windows Host (using rsync configured to
Nick Bright wrote:
In my /etc/BackupPC/pc/host.pl file, I have the
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} directive configured as:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/usr/local/vpopmail/domains' = [
''
],
'/usr/local/MPP/working' = [
''
],
'/proc' = [
''
],
I don't know if this is what you're asking, but i just did mine
explicitly and it seems to work:
$Conf{RsyncArgs} = [
'--numeric-ids',
'--perms',
'--owner',
'--group',
'-D',
'--links',
'--hard-links',
'--times',
'--block-size=2048',
'--recursive',
'--exclude',
'/proc',
Nick Bright wrote:
In my /etc/BackupPC/pc/host.pl file, I have the
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} directive configured as:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/usr/local/vpopmail/domains' = [
''
],
'/usr/local/MPP/working' = [
''
],
'/proc' = [
''
],
That explains things! Seems like maybe the web interface needs a bit of
improvement in this regard.
In the web interface (which is how I added the exclusions), it simply
has a box for you to put a pathname to exclude and push Add.
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- Nick Bright
Network Administrator
Valnet, LLC
Nick Bright wrote:
That explains things! Seems like maybe the web interface needs a bit
of improvement in this regard.
In the web interface (which is how I added the exclusions), it simply
has a box for you to put a pathname to exclude and push Add.
The web interface is a bit confusing
Bowie Bailey wrote:
Nick Bright wrote:
That explains things! Seems like maybe the web interface needs a bit
of improvement in this regard.
In the web interface (which is how I added the exclusions), it simply
has a box for you to put a pathname to exclude and push Add.
The web interface
