>
> Is there any easy way to make PC Backup Genie ignore this file during its
> checks ?


No, unfortunately it's not configurable.  You could comment the code out in
BackupPC_sendEmail if you want, specifically this line:

     push(@oldDirs, "$TopDir/pc/$host");

Craig

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:01 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We are using BPC4 on a Gentoo system, with our home-brewed ebuilds for
> install. Everything is OK, except a (minor) annoyance with PC Backup Genie.
>
> We "locked" some directories in the ebuilds, meaning that if we
> uninstall BPC, those directories will not be destroyed (same idea with
> keeping config files : an upgrade means automatically uninstalling the
> old version, and some stuff must be kept).
>
> The PC Backup Genie is thus sending a daily message while doing its
> normal chores, because it finds a "wrong" file/directory in the BPC/pc
> subdir :
>
> The following directories are bogus and are not being used by
> BackupPC.  This typically happens when PCs are removed from the
> backup list.  If you don't need any old backups from these PCs you
> should remove these directories.  If there are machines on this
> list that should be backed up then there is a problem with the
> hosts file:
>   - /home/BackupPC/pc/.keep_app-backup_backuppc-0
>
> Is there any easy way to make PC Backup Genie ignore this file during
> its checks ?
>
> Thanks,
> --
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