Re: [BackupPC-users] excludes on windows with spaces in names

[Jim M. <jim...@gm...>]

The modified parts of the files now look like:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
  '/Administrator/' => [
    ''
  ],
  '/Application\ Data/' => [
    ''
  ],
  '/All\ Users/' => [
    ''
  ],
  '/Default\ User/' => [
    ''
  ]
};

and on windows:

exclude = "/Administrator/" "/All\ Users/" "/Application\ Data/" "/Default\
User/" "/Jennie\ and\ Andy/.java/" "/Jennie\ and\ Andy/.javaws/" "/Jennie\
and\ Andy/.jpi_cache/" "/Jennie\ and\ Andy/Application\ Data/" "/Jennie\
and\ Andy/Cookies/" "/Jennie\ and\ Andy/Desktop/" "/Jennie\ and\
Andy/Favorites/" "/Jennie\ and\ Andy/Local\ Settings/" "/Jennie\ and\
Andy/My\ Documents/" "/Jennie\ and\ Andy/NetHood/" "/Jennie\ and\
Andy/PrintHood/" "/Jennie\ and\ Andy/Recent/" "/Jennie\ and\ Andy/SendTo/"
"/Jennie\ and\ Andy/Start\ Menu/" "/Jennie\ and\ Andy/Temp/"

I didn't think it would be necessary on the windows machine as it handled
c:\Documents and Settings without special regards to the whitespace in the
path, but figured it was better safe than sorry.

Unfortunately, it still grabs the entire contents of Documents and Settings.

Peace,
Jim


On 2/28/07, Brien Dieterle <bri...@cg...> wrote:
>
>  Have you tried escaping the spaces with a \ ?  Like:
> '/Application\ Data/'
>
> Not sure if that will work, but it sounds like it's worth a shot.
>
> brien
>
> Jim McNamara wrote:
>
> Hello again list!
>
> I'm running into some trouble with excluding directories in rsyncd.conf on
> a windows machine. The machine in question is dying quickly, and rarely
> stays "alive" for more than 30 minutes or so. Because of that, I'm trying to
> slowly increment what is being backed up to the debian server.
>
> The main problem is the excludes list is supposed to be separated by
> spaces, and of course everyone's favorite OS has spaces in directory names.
> I tried to get around this with quotation marks, but the things I ask to be
> excluded are still included. I also tried adding explicit excludes to the
> config on the backuppc, and that similarly didn't take. Here are the key
> configs -
>
> From the host.pl on the backuppc -
>
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>   'documents'
> ];
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>   '/Administrator/' => [
>     ''
>   ],
>   '/Application Data/' => [
>     ''
>   ],
>   '/All Users/' => [
>     ''
>   ],
>   '/Default User/' => [
>     ''
>   ]
> };
>
> This is the rsyncd.conf that is running from the cygwin-rsyncd 2.6.8_0package from the backuppc page at sourceforge. I am trying to start with the
> smallest possible amount of data from this machine, then I'll include things
> one directory at a time.
>
> use chroot = false
> max connections = 4
> log file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.log
> pid file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.pid
> lock file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.lock
> [documents]
>     path = c:/Documents and Settings
>     comment = Everything
>     strict modes = false
>     auth users = backuppc
>     secrets file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.secrets
>     hosts allow = 192.168.68.103
>     read only = false
>     list = true
>     exclude = "/Administrator/" "/All Users/" "/Application Data/"
> "/Default User/" "/Jennie and Andy/.java/" "/Jennie and Andy/.javaws/"
> "/Jennie and Andy/.jpi_cache/" "/Jennie and Andy/Application Data/" "/Jennie
> and Andy/Cookies/" "/Jennie and Andy/Desktop/" "/Jennie and Andy/Favorites/"
> "/Jennie and Andy/Local Settings/" "/Jennie and Andy/My Documents/" "/Jennie
> and Andy/NetHood/" "/Jennie and Andy/PrintHood/" "/Jennie and Andy/Recent/"
> "/Jennie and Andy/SendTo/" "/Jennie and Andy/Start Menu/" "/Jennie and
> Andy/Temp/"
>
>
> All in all that should leave only about 10 Mb worth of data under
> c:\Documents and Settings that should be copied to the server, but every
> attempt at rsyncing grabs absolutely everything in documents and settings.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Peace,
> Jim
>
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