RE: [BackupPC-users] Config.pl and Exclusion questions

[Ryan J. <ry...@un...>]

Hi Wes,

My knowledge is a bit limited, but I can speak a bit from experience.

It seems that the exact syntax, limitations, etc of the exclude feature =
are
somewhat dependent on your transfer method, but I don't think you would =
have
any problems with an exclusion like *.xxx. I've had very good luck with
wildcards, and have been able to implement similar exclusions with smb,
rysnc, rysncd, and tar. Just be aware the these exclusions may be case
sensitive, so you might want to include both *.wav and *.WAV....

Also note that any per-pc conf file settings will override the config.pl
setting (maybe there is a way to get them to merge?). And with smb, you
cannot define BOTH $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} along with
$Conf{BackupFilesInclude}

As far as your other question, I can't see any reason why you could not =
copy
config files across (assuming you server/network setup was the same). =
But
maybe I am missing something about your question.

Cheers,
Ryan
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> Sent: 09 February 2005 06:44 PM
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> Subject: [BackupPC-users] Config.pl and Exclusion questions
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> Two quick questions:
> 1. Can you setup the config.pl in BackupPC to exclude certain=20
> file types such as *.wav, or *.wmv like you can exclude=20
> directories? Right now users are putting these types of files=20
> in a specific directory which we are excluding, but I'd like=20
> to be able to catch these files anywhere they may reside. 2.=20
> Since we are looking at setting one BackupPC server per=20
> building in our company (3 total), can the config.pl file be=20
> copied to the other machines, or does this cause any=20
> problems? I seem to remember that you cannot sopy smb.conf=20
> between servers an I was wondering if there are similar=20
> issues/restrictions on BackupPC. I guess I'm just looking at=20
> ways to speed up the build and deployment of these.
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Wes
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