Re: [BackupPC-users] Using Wildcards in include file paths.

[Ed M. <ed....@rm...>]

Further to my last contribution, the page I was looking for was:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Common_backup_excludes

On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 08:37 -0400, swisstone wrote:
> I have been running BackupPC for 2 years and everytime I add a client PC (XP Pro) to be backed up I manually add the machine and its folder paths.
> This can lead to much confusion as everytime a different user starts or a machine is moved the configs all need to be changed. 
> 
> I would like to backup:
> 
> c$\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Desktop
> c$\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents
> 
> I have to change the script for every user....  [Rolling Eyes] 
> I tried a wildcard  
> 
> c$\Documents and Settings\*\Desktop
> 
> But the wildcard just throws a path error? Is this possible? 
> I would like to just backup the whole subnet of clients based on IP (all profiles desktop and documents is fine) That way I will not miss anyone!
> But cannot get BackupPC to accept a wildcard?
> Any help greatly appriciated.
> 
> Tony
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