Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupFileExclude and rsync

[Les M. <les...@gm...>]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Michael Below <mb...@an...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to exclude some directories from a backup, using the web
> interface. What's the proper way to do this? I tried entering the full
> path on the left, as a key, and entering it on the left and on the
> right, as key and value, both to no success. Inspired by an old mailing
> list post I then tried entering the common part of the path on the left,
> and the individual directories on the right, again no success...
>
> The examples I found online are all using the simple one-part form, but
> it seems like the web interface is set for the key-value form.

The key should be the rsync sharename (or * for all of them) and the
value should be the path relative to the share that you want to
exclude. Here's a link to where it was discussed in the underlying
config file format:
http://adsm.org/lists/html/BackupPC-users/2011-11/msg00099.html

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    Les Mikesell
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