From: Kameleon <kam...@gm...> - 2013-06-07 20:42:08
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Here is the entry in config.pl after adding it to the web interface. Is this correct? $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '*' => [ '/sys', '/proc', '/dev', '/tmp', '/server', '/mnt', '*.tmp', '.deleted', '.deleted/' ] }; On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Kameleon <kam...@gm...> wrote: > Sorry I didn't mention the xfer method. All servers use rsync over ssh. I > plan to try the above this weekend with the full runs. > > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Holger Parplies <wb...@pa...> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Michael Stowe wrote on 2013-05-31 08:21:03 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] >> Exclude directories]: >> > > On each of our samba servers inside of each share is a .deleted folder >> > > that >> > > all of the files that a user deletes from the share within windows >> goes to >> > > instead of actually being deleted immediately. I do not want to back >> these >> > > up but they are not all in the same path on all the servers. What is >> the >> > > correct syntax to exclude these from the backups? Should */.deleted >> work? >> > > Or will I need to explicitly declare all the paths? >> > >> > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { >> > '*' => [ >> > '*/.deleted' >> > '*/.deleted/*' >> > ] >> > }; >> >> strictly, this depends on the XferMethod (which the OP did not mention), >> but >> the above looks as though it should mostly work. For rsync(d), the '*/' >> in the >> patterns is meaningless except for preventing '.deleted' at the top level >> within the share to match. Probably the same holds for tar, but I didn't >> check. As for smb, there always seems to be confusion whether in-/excludes >> need to contain slashes or backslashes. My memory seems to say >> "backslashes", >> but I haven't ever used smb XferMethod myself. >> >> In any case, it should be possible to use wildcards and *not* list all >> paths. >> Again, the syntax of in-/excludes depends on the XferMethod used. >> >> Regards, >> Holger >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: >> 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations >> 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services >> 3. A single system of record for all IT processes >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> Bac...@li... >> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net >> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> > > |