Re: [BackupPC-users] why are excludes sent to rsync when none are present in the config file?

[Bowie B. <Bowie_Bailey@BUC.com>]

On 9/19/2011 11:16 AM, Raman Gupta wrote:
> On 09/18/2011 10:29 PM, Adam Monsen wrote:
>> AHA, adding the following entry to BackupFilesOnly '*' worked:
>>
>>   /opt/backup/stage/other/*
>>
>> Now that directory is backed up. But I don't understand why. :)
> Because
>
> /opt/backup/stage/other
>
> backs up the directory entry itself, but not its contents.
>
> /opt/backup/stage/other/*
>
> backs up the directory entry and contents but not subdirectories.
>
> /opt/backup/stage/other/**
>
> backs up the directory and all contents, including subdirectories.
>
> Do "man rsync" and check out the section "INCLUDE/EXCLUDE PATTERN RULES".

That's not the behavior that I'm seeing.  I have a linux host that I am
backing up via rsyncd.  BackupFilesOnly includes "/etc" and a couple of
other directories.  This successfully backs up the entire subtree on all
three specified directories.  No asterisks required anywhere.

-- 
Bowie