Jean-Michel writes: > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [ > '/Users/garant/Library/Preferences/ByHost/*00224126372e.plist' ]; > > notice the wildcard '*' in the file list... > > but it seems that BackupPC_dump stats the file BEFORE to exclude the > file from backup because there is a "failed to open" message... > > ---------------- log ----------------- > incr backup started back to 2009-01-12 10:05:19 (backup #30) for > directory /Users/garant > Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l garant 130.104.58.195 /usr/bin/rsync > --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group --devices > --links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive . /Users/garant/
Excludes are relative to the share name, which is /Users/garant in this case. So you should use this: $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [ '/Library/Preferences/ByHost/*00224126372e.plist' ]; Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/