On 10/26/2011 8:49 PM, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > Hi, > > I'm backing up my local machine using rsync; see configuration below. > Despite the exclusion, I still get /home/steve/Packages in my backup. > I tried also '/home/steve/Packages/*' with the same result. What's > the magic? > > > # > # Local server backup of /etc as user backuppc > # > $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync'; > > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ > '/etc', > '/boot', > '/home', > '/var/mail', > '/var/www', > '/sound+vision' > ]; > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '/home' => [ > '/home/steve/Packages' > ] > }; > > > Thanks, > -Steve > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. > Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ Steve,
You need to change the key /home should be * $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '*' => [' '/home/steve/Packages ] }; -- Mark Maciolek <mailto:mark.macio...@unh.edu> Network Administrator Research Computing & Instrumentation <http://www.unh.edu/research/support-units/research-computing-instrumentation> (603)862-3050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/