On 09/20/13 18:34, Peter McLachlan wrote: > Tarsnap ignores my --exclude lines. Am I doing something wrong? Seems OK > from > the the man page: > > /usr/local/bin/tarsnap -C / --exclude /root/.snorby-cloud --exclude > /home/peter/tmp -c -f `date +\%Y-\%m-\%d.\%H.\%M` etc home usr/local root
The --exclude option doesn't work with absolute paths, since they don't match the relative paths of objects being stored. Take the leading / off your exclude lines and it should work. -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
