On 6/15/2013 4:26 AM, stompdagg...@yahoo.com wrote: >> Hello Bowie, >> >>> On 6/14/2013 4:23 AM, stompdagg...@yahoo.com wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to backup my /home folder but exclude the vm folder used by >>>> VB, but for some reason when ever I run backup, the folder's content >>>> is always backed up. >>>> >>>> what am I doing wrong? here is the host's config: >>>> >>>> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ >>>> '/home', >>>> '/root' >>>> ]; >>> Ok, so you have two shares, '/home' and '/root'. >>> >>>> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { >>>> '/home/virt_admin' => [ >>>> 'Machines' >>>> ], >>> This will do absolutely nothing, since there is no share named >>> '/home/virt_admin' >> I see, strangely enough I remember that this actually worked and the content >> of Machines wasn't updated. >> none the less I'll do this, thanks. >>>> '/home/*' => [ >>>> '.VirtualBox/Machines', >>>> 'Downloads' >>>> ] >>>> }; >>> This one should work to exclude files/folders with these names under the >>> '/home' share. >> thing is, it doesn't seems to do that, I still backup this folder's content.
Actually, I take that back. I must not have noticed the * at the end. That one won't work either because there is not a share named '/home/*'. The first part of the exclude must either be a share name or '*' if it is to apply to all shares. So in your case, only the following will work: '/root' '/home' '*' Anything else will be ignored. So replace both of your current excludes with this and it should work better: $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '/home' => [ '.VirtualBox/Machines', 'Downloads', '/virt_admin/Machines', ], }; -- Bowie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-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/