Re: [BackupPC-devel] RFE: Combing include and exclude in rsyncd backups

[Craig B. <cba...@us...>]

In 4.x you can specify both includes and excludes with rsync and rsyncd.

Craig

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Kenneth Porter <sh...@se...>
wrote:

> It would be nice if I could combine exclude and include in an rsyncd
> backup. That way I could back up a subdirectory within a module but still
> exclude directories within that directory. Ie. apply the exclude list after
> the include list. Is this a protocol limitation or a BackupPC limitation?
>
> Example:
>
> Host provides "C" module exposing C:\ for backup. I have backups like this:
>
> C\devel\Boost (just the Boost C++ libraries)
> C\devel (all development except Boost)
> C (the rest of the drive)
>
> Currently I have to list all the directories under C\devel for the include
> list. I'd rather have it recognize an exclude list of just C\devel\Boost so
> that when a user adds a new directory under C\devel I don't have to modify
> the backup configuration.
>
>
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