Re: [BackupPC-users] how to do a one file backup 'test'

[Luis P. <lui...@gm...>]

As a concept, an incremental stores the differences between the actual
status and the last full backup, so a full must exist first, yes.

You select what to backup defining at least a share. How you do it depends
on what method you use ("the underlying transport program").
The following examples defines multiples shares:

$Conf{SmbShareName} = ['c', 'd'];   # backup 'c' and 'd' shares

$Conf{TarShareName} = ['/home', '/src'];      # backup /home and /src

$Conf{RsyncShareName} = ['/', '/var', '/data', '/boot'];

Only one share could be, for samba, just  $Conf{SmbShareName} = 'c';

Then you may refine your choice with $Conf{BackUpFilesOnly} or
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} directives (but not both at the same time, at
least for samba). See
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#item__conf_backupfilesonly_
.

Something like a share '/my_test_dir' and $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} =
'my_test_file.txt' could be what you are looking for.

Luis A. Paulo

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:40 AM, three_jeeps <
bac...@ba...> wrote:

>
> >From my reading of the backup pc documentation, and looking at the web
> interface, it seems that the initial backup will always be a 'full' backup
> True?...(it seems that is the only option presented on the web interface).
>  If not true, please tell me how to get around this.
>
> Assuming that the first backup is 'full' I want, as a test, to specify one
> file in one directory to be backed up.  Where do I specify how to do this?
>  In the  'my_machine.pl' configuration file? Using the
> $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = '/my_test_dir/my_test_file.txt'  I assume?
>
> I guess the real question is, anytime backup is run, it ALWAYS uses the
> $Conf{BackUpFilesOnly} directive and the $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} directive
> to dictate what gets backed up or not?
> Thanks for the clarification
> -J
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