Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude definitions not used?

2008-12-01 Thread Craig Barratt
Tino writes: > The excludes are specified per share. So it should read: > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '/' => [ '/sys/', '/vz/root/', ... ] > }; > > ('/' being your share name here if you use rsync via ssh.) Yes, you're right. Also, James, in 3.x the excludes are not passed in the command-

Re: [BackupPC-users] How do you "lock" BackupPC from running?

2008-12-01 Thread Craig Barratt
Jeffrey " writes: > For the part of my routines BackupPC_fixLinks and BackupPC_deleteFile > that actually try to make new links (or delete old ones), I would like > to make sure that nothing else is creating or deleting links to the > pool to avoid collisions. > > Specifically, I would like to be

Re: [BackupPC-users] Question about attrib file structure

2008-12-01 Thread Craig Barratt
Jeffrey, Sorry about the delay in replying. I've been really busy lately. > > 1. If a directory is *empty*, is there any reason for it to have an > >attrib file? > > > >Because in playing around with creating and deleting directory > contents, I > >found that sometimes even aft

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude definitions not used?

2008-12-01 Thread Tino Schwarze
(BTW: Please start a new thread, don't just reply to another mail.) On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 09:59:35AM -0700, James Ward wrote: > I've recently built a new BackupPC server with Debian lenny and > BackupPC version 3.1.0. All my prior BackupPC experience has been > with 2.*. The strange prob

[BackupPC-users] Exclude definitions not used?

2008-12-01 Thread James Ward
Hi, I've recently built a new BackupPC server with Debian lenny and BackupPC version 3.1.0. All my prior BackupPC experience has been with 2.*. The strange problem I am having is that my excludes don't seem to be passed. Here's the relevant section from the main config: $Conf{BackupFi