> -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Koeberl [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: den 7 april 2017 08:37 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Sorin Srbu <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding folders from backup > > On Friday 07 April 2017 07:29:30 Sorin Srbu wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm at a loss here. I just can't get this to work. > > > > Situation: > > I have set to backup my homefolder /home/sorin on a CentOS 7.3 x64 box, > but > > I want to exclude the folders /home/sorin/Videos and > /home/sorin/ownCloud. > > > > To achieve this I have /home/sorin set in the field RsyncShareName. > > > > In the field BackupFilesExclude I have the two folders /home/sorin/Videos > > and /home/sorin/ownCloud. > > > > The override checkbox is ticked on both RsyncShareName and > > BackupFilesExclude. > > > > The field BackupFilesOnly is empty, as this would override anything in > > BackupFilesExclude as per the documentation. > > > > Rsync is used for this client. > > BackupPC v3.3.1 is used on the BPC-server, which runs CentOS 7.3.1611 x64. > > > > > > Now, is there any particular reason why the folders /home/sorin/ownCloud > and > > /home/sorin/Videos _still_ gets backed up, despite my specifically adding > > exceptions/exclusions for them? > > > > I don't understand this... :-/ > > What am I missing here? > > > > If more information is needed, please ask! > > > > Thanks in advance for any hints. > > > If you set RsyncShareName to /home/sorin you need to define a key > /home/sorin for BackupFilesExclude and add /Videos and /ownCloud to this > key > > It should look like this in your config file: > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ > '/home/sorin' > ]; > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '/home/sorin' => [ > '/Videos', > '/ownCloud' > ] > };
This is how my config file looks like:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/home/sorin/ownCloud' => [],
'/home/sorin/Videos' => []
};
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
'/home/sorin',
];
Doh! Now I get it! Thank you!
You first have to add a "root" and then the folders you want excluded.
Seeing it now, it's rather obvious.
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