>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',
> ],
>};
I was able to make it work with the following config:
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
'/home',
'/root'
];
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/home' => [
'*/.VirtualBox/Machines',
'*/Downloads',
'virt_admin/Machines'
]
};
thanks for all the help
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