Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude and keep Folderstructure

2020-09-02 Thread Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
I don't know the answer, but googling led me to: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3546001/rsync-how-to-include-directories-but-not-files . So you could try including those -f options in $Conf{RsyncArgsExtra}. Craig On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 3:50 PM Taste-Of-IT wrote: > Hello, > > i use latest

[BackupPC-users] Exclude and keep Folderstructure

2020-08-28 Thread Taste-Of-IT
Hello, i use latest BackupPC Version 4.4.0 with rsync and want to backup some files and folders used by websites. I created exclusions for tmp and cache folders. This works but the folder itself will not backuped and i suppose that if i restore the whole website, that the missing folder will le

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude by file size

2015-05-11 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Marios Zindilis wrote on 2015-05-11 19:02:36 +0300 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude by file size]: > You can -most probably- do that with the --max-size option of rsync, I would tend to agree. "Most probably" means that the BackupPC side of the transfer uses the Perl module File::

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude by file size

2015-05-11 Thread Marios Zindilis
You can -most probably- do that with the --max-size option of rsync, check this page for hints: http://serverfault.com/questions/105206/rsync-exclude-files-that-are-over-a-certain-size You will need to pass that as additional parameters to the backup command. If you can't find out how to do that,

[BackupPC-users] Exclude by file size

2015-05-11 Thread support
Hi all I have a problem with a remote machine which has few large files (2-3gb ) over a 10mb link this transfer never completes and the next day it tries again . It hangs on this transfer and never completes the rest of the backup. Is there a way to force backing up these large files last or if

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directory having no effect

2015-01-28 Thread Hugh Tower-Pierce
Thanks Les. I've entered the share name as the "key" for the BackupFilesExclude option in the web interface, and then the following in the input box that appears to the right of the share name: "\@Recycle\*". It still seems to be attempting the directory, since I receive an error message of: NT_ST

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directory having no effect

2015-01-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Hugh Tower-Pierce wrote: > I'm backing up a host samba, which has a directory I want to exclude named > "@Recycle". Adding a global or host exclusion doesn't seem to cause > BackupPC to skip the directory. I've tried substituting a wildcard for the > @ symbol, an

[BackupPC-users] Exclude directory having no effect

2015-01-28 Thread Hugh Tower-Pierce
I'm backing up a host samba, which has a directory I want to exclude named "@Recycle". Adding a global or host exclusion doesn't seem to cause BackupPC to skip the directory. I've tried substituting a wildcard for the @ symbol, and reversing forward vs. backslashes, to no avail. I'd appreciate a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude all cache folders in Unix

2015-01-05 Thread Jose Miranda
PM, "Holger Parplies" wrote: > Hi, > > Jose Miranda wrote on 2015-01-04 21:55:01 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] Exclude > all cache folders in Unix]: > > I'm trying to exclude all cache folders in the whole server. I'm backing > up > > root and I want

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude all cache folders in Unix

2015-01-05 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jose Miranda wrote on 2015-01-04 21:55:01 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] Exclude all cache folders in Unix]: > I'm trying to exclude all cache folders in the whole server. I'm backing up > root and I want to exclude anything containing "cache", such as: >

[BackupPC-users] Exclude all cache folders in Unix

2015-01-04 Thread Jose Miranda
Hi everybody, I'm trying to exclude all cache folders in the whole server. I'm backing up root and I want to exclude anything containing "cache", such as: /home/admin/.../.../cache/.../... or /home/admin/.../cache/.../ or /.../.../cache/.../... What should I use as filter in BackupFileExclud

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude-Syntax for smbclient (was: Empty Directories with Win7)

2014-08-21 Thread Christian Völker
Hi, Am 21.08.2014 um 15:44 schrieb Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom: > On 08/21 03:15 , Christian Völker wrote: >> hiberfil.sys is not reconned as "exclude" as it tries to backup anyways. So what syntax is to be used correctly? > > Try this: > '/hiberfil.sys', > > Seems to work for me, tho I'm using rsync

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude not working

2014-08-19 Thread Michael Stowe
> Those were all of my includes just /raid and /data. > > I will update the configuration to your suggestion > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '/raid' => [ >'/data/WBM_Spool', > ] > }; > > I should be able to check the log file before the work day is out and > make sure it is wo

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude not working

2014-08-19 Thread Mark Maciolek
On 8/19/2014 12:39 PM, Michael Stowe wrote: >> hi, >> >> on Ubuntu 12.04, BackupPC 3.3.0 >> >> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ >> '/data', >> '/raid' >> ]; >> $Conf{ClientTimeout} = 72; >> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { >> '*' => [ >> '/mnt', >> '/net', >> '/tmp', >>

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude not working

2014-08-19 Thread Michael Stowe
> hi, > > on Ubuntu 12.04, BackupPC 3.3.0 > > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ >'/data', >'/raid' > ]; > $Conf{ClientTimeout} = 72; > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { >'*' => [ > '/mnt', > '/net', > '/tmp', > '/proc', > '/sys', > '/dev', > '/run', > '/*

[BackupPC-users] exclude not working

2014-08-19 Thread Mark Maciolek
hi, on Ubuntu 12.04, BackupPC 3.3.0 $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ '/data', '/raid' ]; $Conf{ClientTimeout} = 72; $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '*' => [ '/mnt', '/net', '/tmp', '/proc', '/sys', '/dev', '/run', '/*/data/WBM_spool', '/*/data/EPSC

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude ignores hidden folders

2013-06-17 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 6/17/2013 2:30 PM, stompdagg...@yahoo.com wrote: > > I was able to make it work with the following config: > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ >'/home', >'/root' > ]; > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { >'/home' => [ > '*/.VirtualBox/Machines', > '*/Downloads', > 'virt_admin/Machi

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude ignores hidden folders

2013-06-17 Thread stompdagg...@yahoo.com
>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

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude ignores hidden folders

2013-06-17 Thread Bowie Bailey
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 >

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude ignores hidden folders

2013-06-15 Thread stompdagg...@yahoo.com
>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

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude ignores hidden folders

2013-06-14 Thread Bowie Bailey
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{Rsy

[BackupPC-users] exclude ignores hidden folders

2013-06-14 Thread stompdagg...@yahoo.com
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' ]; $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directories

2013-06-07 Thread Gary Roach
Jun 7, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Kameleon <mailto:kameleo...@gmail.com>> wrote: Sorry I didn't mention the xfer method. All servers use rsync over ssh. I plan to try the above this weekend with the full runs. On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Holger Parplies mailto:w

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directories

2013-06-07 Thread Kameleon
, '.deleted', '.deleted/' ] }; On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Kameleon wrote: > Sorry I didn't mention the xfer method. All servers use rsync over ssh. I > plan to try the above this weekend with the full runs. > > > On Fri, Jun 7, 20

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directories

2013-06-07 Thread Kameleon
Sorry I didn't mention the xfer method. All servers use rsync over ssh. I plan to try the above this weekend with the full runs. On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > Michael Stowe wrote on 2013-05-31 08:21:03 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > Ex

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directories

2013-06-07 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Michael Stowe wrote on 2013-05-31 08:21:03 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directories]: > > On each of our samba servers inside of each share is a .deleted folder > > that > > all of the files that a user deletes from the share within windows goes to > > i

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directories

2013-05-31 Thread Michael Stowe
> On each of our samba servers inside of each share is a .deleted folder > that > all of the files that a user deletes from the share within windows goes to > instead of actually being deleted immediately. I do not want to back these > up but they are not all in the same path on all the servers.

[BackupPC-users] Exclude directories

2013-05-30 Thread Kameleon
On each of our samba servers inside of each share is a .deleted folder that all of the files that a user deletes from the share within windows goes to instead of actually being deleted immediately. I do not want to back these up but they are not all in the same path on all the servers. What is the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude empty drectories

2013-05-29 Thread backuppc
electropica wrote at about 02:36:06 -0700 on Wednesday, May 29, 2013: > I agree with that... I have NO CLUE what 'that' refers to... please provide context! > > +-- > |This was sent by jme...@cr-bourgogne.fr via Backup Centra

[BackupPC-users] Exclude empty drectories

2013-05-29 Thread electropica
I agree with that but in my case we only backup user made files (such as .doc, .xls, ...) to recover them from all kind of delete and we don't take care of system files. +-- |This was sent by jme...@cr-bourgogne.fr via Backup Ce

[BackupPC-users] Exclude empty drectories

2013-05-29 Thread electropica
I agree with that but in my case we only backup user made files (such as .doc, .xls, ...) to recover them from all kind of delete and we don't take care of system files. So maybe "delete directories with only hidden files" could also be said as my request. +

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude empty drectories

2013-05-28 Thread Arnold Krille
Am 2013-05-28 11:20, schrieb electropica: > I am looking to ignore backup of empty sub directories to make it > lighter and more readable. > In my case, i backup 300 users documents so there is always "my > pictures" or similar empty directories. > > Is this possible ? "Empty" directories in user

[BackupPC-users] Exclude empty drectories

2013-05-28 Thread electropica
Hello, I am looking to ignore backup of empty sub directories to make it lighter and more readable. In my case, i backup 300 users documents so there is always "my pictures" or similar empty directories. Is this possible ? Thank you +---

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude list being ignored?

2012-10-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Ian P. Christian wrote: > > > On 11 October 2012 18:00, Les Mikesell wrote: >> >> That looked normal to me - are they not being excluded in the backup >> results? > > > During the effort to get this working, I changed a few things before > posting, and it does ap

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude list being ignored?

2012-10-11 Thread Ian P. Christian
On 11 October 2012 18:00, Les Mikesell wrote: > That looked normal to me - are they not being excluded in the backup > results? > During the effort to get this working, I changed a few things before posting, and it does appear to work. I just assumed it wasn't after not seeing it excluded from

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude list being ignored?

2012-10-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Ian P. Christian wrote: > >> >> Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root my.hostname.com /usr/bin/rsync >> --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links >> --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --checksum-seed=32761 >> --ignore-times .

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude list being ignored?

2012-10-11 Thread Ian P. Christian
On 10 October 2012 23:10, Ian P. Christian wrote: > > Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root my.hostname.com /usr/bin/rsync > --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links > --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --checksum-seed=32761 > --ignore-times . / > > Sent

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude folders

2012-04-19 Thread lordsporkton
On 4/18/2012 9:07 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:10 PM, lordsporkton wrote: >> under BackupFilesExclude i added a new key with "/proc" >> > The key should be the 'share' where you want to exclude something, or > '*' for all shares. The value is the thing to exclude. > That

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude folders

2012-04-19 Thread Shang-Lin Chen
On 04/18/2012 07:10 PM, lordsporkton wrote: > under BackupFilesExclude i added a new key with "/proc" In my configuration I have a an array of directories listed under BackupFilesExclude. /proc is one of the elements. In my rsync command, I also have the --one-file-system flag. I think the --one-

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude folders

2012-04-18 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:10 PM, lordsporkton wrote: > under BackupFilesExclude i added a new key with "/proc" > The key should be the 'share' where you want to exclude something, or '*' for all shares. The value is the thing to exclude. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com -

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude folders

2012-04-18 Thread lordsporkton
under BackupFilesExclude i added a new key with "/proc" On 4/18/2012 7:04 PM, Shang-Lin Chen wrote: > What's the syntax you're using? > > Shang-Lin > > On 04/18/2012 06:53 PM, lordsporkton wrote: >> I am trying to exclude /proc and /sys as a system wide default for my >> backuppc server >> >> I h

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude folders

2012-04-18 Thread Shang-Lin Chen
What's the syntax you're using? Shang-Lin On 04/18/2012 06:53 PM, lordsporkton wrote: > I am trying to exclude /proc and /sys as a system wide default for my > backuppc server > > I have added it to the global config in backuppc and you can see it in > each host config as well yet i still get lot

[BackupPC-users] exclude folders

2012-04-18 Thread lordsporkton
I am trying to exclude /proc and /sys as a system wide default for my backuppc server I have added it to the global config in backuppc and you can see it in each host config as well yet i still get lots of errors about it backing up the /proc folder I am using rsync Any thoughts or suggestions

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders

2011-05-16 Thread Steven Johnson
On 5/16/2011 3:37 PM, Steven Johnson wrote: > After further playing I am able to exclude .bak files from all backups and subdirectories but I am still not able to exclude particular folders from all subfolders. > Here's my config: > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '*' => [ > '/.AppleDB',

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders

2011-05-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 5/16/2011 3:37 PM, Steven Johnson wrote: > After further playing I am able to exclude .bak files from all backups and > subdirectories but I am still not able to exclude particular folders from all > subfolders. > Here's my config: > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '*' => [ > '/.Appl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders

2011-05-16 Thread Steven Johnson
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 14:51:02 -0400 > From: bowie_bai...@buc.com > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders > > On 5/16/2011 2:35 PM, Steven Johnson wrote: > > Thank you f

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders

2011-05-16 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
> > Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 03:11:50 +0200 > > From: wb...@parplies.de > > To: stageonedes...@hotmail.com > > CC: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders > > > > Hi, > > &

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders

2011-05-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 5/16/2011 2:35 PM, Steven Johnson wrote: > Thank you for your reply; I would like to exclude all .bak files from ever > being backed up (in any share and its subfolders) but i cannot figure out how > to do this. I used the "*" for all shares but it only excludes .bak files > from the root of

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders

2011-05-16 Thread Steven Johnson
this more clear? Thanks for your help. -Steven > Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 03:11:50 +0200 > From: wb...@parplies.de > To: stageonedes...@hotmail.com > CC: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders > > Hi, >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders

2011-05-14 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Steven Johnson wrote on 2011-05-14 04:57:18 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders]: > Greetings, > I've excluded a few files and folders from being backed up but i would > like to exclude certain files (e.g. *.bak files and /.AppleDB fold

[BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders

2011-05-14 Thread Steven Johnson
Greetings, I've excluded a few files and folders from being backed up but i would like to exclude certain files (e.g. *.bak files and /.AppleDB folders from all subfolders under the main share. I'm using Rsyncd, btw. Thanks in advance. -Steven -

[BackupPC-users] --exclude

2011-03-30 Thread backuppc-users
using --exclude in $Conf{RsyncArgs} is recommended in config.pl (backuppc 3.1.0-9ubuntu2), however it only seems to work for full backups, but gets ignored for incrementals. is there a fix? even more convenient than --exclude is --exclude-from, this allows me to maintain an "exclude file" i us

[BackupPC-users] Exclude Patterns for Rsync -- and how well-supported is rsync?

2011-01-26 Thread John Goerzen
Hi, The documentation for BackupFilesExclude [1] and its examples seem to indicate that the patterns can be anchored to the root directory. That is, if you want to exclude the apt cache, you could use a rule of /var/cache/apt/archives/*. That only works if you are backing up an entire system

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude rules

2010-09-03 Thread Farmol SPA
Original Message Subject: Exclude rules From: Farmol SPA To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Fri Sep 03 2010 09:52:30 GMT+0200 (ora Legale Europa Occidentale) > Hi list. > > I am getting crazy with an exclude rules. In backupping a Windows > client I would like, amon

[BackupPC-users] Exclude rules

2010-09-03 Thread Farmol SPA
Hi list. I am getting crazy with an exclude rules. In backupping a Windows client I would like, among other things, to include msgFilterRules.dat file but exclude everything else in ImapMail folder, that is heavy if synchronization is on. I tried with an entry in RsyncArgs

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude a day

2010-06-27 Thread Matthias Meyer
Gerald Brandt wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to exclude a day in the backup cycle. Currently, backups occur > on every day of the week. However, on Saturdays, the BackupPC server is > doing automated archives and I'm copying VM snapshots to it as well. That > makes the system quite busy and backups

[BackupPC-users] Exclude a day

2010-06-27 Thread Gerald Brandt
Hi, I'd like to exclude a day in the backup cycle. Currently, backups occur on every day of the week. However, on Saturdays, the BackupPC server is doing automated archives and I'm copying VM snapshots to it as well. That makes the system quite busy and backups slow way down. For example, a

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude not working

2010-05-12 Thread Bowie Bailey
Steve Blackwell wrote: > Also, though I'm not 100% sure about this, > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '*' => [ > ... > > should be > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '/raid1' => [ > ... > Both of these are correct. The first will apply the exclusion to all of your shares, while th

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude not working

2010-05-12 Thread Steve Blackwell
On Wed, 12 May 2010 10:01:15 -0400 Mark Maciolek wrote: > Hi, > > Backuppc 3.1 using rsync > > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ >'/raid1' > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { >'*' => [ > '/raid1/*/tilecache', > '/raid1/temp', > '/raid1/osmplanet' >] > > > > NewFileList stil

[BackupPC-users] exclude not working

2010-05-12 Thread Mark Maciolek
Hi, Backuppc 3.1 using rsync $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ '/raid1' $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '*' => [ '/raid1/*/tilecache', '/raid1/temp', '/raid1/osmplanet' ] NewFileList still shows 2a85606be4fcc25d294720dfb67d183b 3657 f%2fraid1/fcaribbean/ftilecache/fNOAA_ENCT/

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude folder using the GUI

2010-04-02 Thread Rémi Boulle
Le 02/04/2010 19:18, Eddie Gonzales a écrit : > I am testing out BackupPC as a option for my school and so far I am > unable to include only specific folders on my server. It seems to want > to backup the entire drive. I would like to use the GUI only to make it > easy. Is this possible? Yes. I am

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude folder using the GUI

2010-04-02 Thread Luis Paulo
Of course :) Luis On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Eddie Gonzales wrote: > I am testing out BackupPC as a option for my school and so far I am > unable to include only specific folders on my server. It seems to want to > backup the entire drive. I would like to use the GUI only to make it easy.

[BackupPC-users] Exclude folder using the GUI

2010-04-02 Thread Eddie Gonzales
I am testing out BackupPC as a option for my school and so far I am unable to include only specific folders on my server. It seems to want to backup the entire drive. I would like to use the GUI only to make it easy. Is this possible? Eddie Gonzales BUSD TECH SUPPORT Shingle Springs CA. 530-363

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude all files but one

2010-03-31 Thread Luis Paulo
Well done. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Rémi Boulle wrote: > Le 31/03/2010 21:31, Luis Paulo a écrit : > > I think you can only use $Conf{RsyncShareName} or > > $Conf{BackupFilesOnly}, not both > > > > I'll move what I want to backup to a subfolder, lets say > > /home/remi/Documents, and us

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude all files but one

2010-03-31 Thread Rémi Boulle
Le 31/03/2010 21:31, Luis Paulo a écrit : > I think you can only use $Conf{RsyncShareName} or > $Conf{BackupFilesOnly}, not both > > I'll move what I want to backup to a subfolder, lets say > /home/remi/Documents, and use > > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ > '/home/remi/Documents', > '/home/remi/.thunde

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude all files but one

2010-03-31 Thread Luis Paulo
I think you can only use $Conf{RsyncShareName} or $Conf{BackupFilesOnly}, not both I'll move what I want to backup to a subfolder, lets say /home/remi/Documents, and use $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ '/home/remi/Documents', '/home/remi/.thunderbird' ]; Didn't test it, but I think you'll get the

[BackupPC-users] Exclude all files but one

2010-03-31 Thread Rémi Boulle
Hi, I would like to backup /home/remi but I don't want all the .* files except one named .thunderbird (all the emails...). After messing around with unsuccessfuls try out, here is my last host.pl : == $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ '/home/remi' ]; $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '/home/remi'

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected

2010-02-10 Thread Bowie Bailey
Mark Wass wrote: > Hi Bowie > > Thanks for clearing that up. So does that mean I should also amend these > other excludes by putting a forward slash in front? > > 'etc/fstab', ==> '/etc/fstab', > > 'var/cache/apt/archives/*', ==> '/var/cache/apt/archives/*', > Yes, anything that should only mat

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected

2010-02-09 Thread Kameleon
al Message- > From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:bowie_bai...@buc.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 12:40 AM > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected > > Mark Wass wrote: > > > > Hi Guys > > > &g

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected

2010-02-09 Thread Mark Wass
-Original Message- From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:bowie_bai...@buc.com] Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 12:40 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected Mark Wass wrote: > > Hi Guys > > I have a confi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected

2010-02-09 Thread Bowie Bailey
Mark Wass wrote: > > Hi Guys > > I have a config file that looks likes this: > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > > '/' => [ > > 'dev', > > 'proc', > > 'sys', > > 'tmp', > > 'var/lib/mysql', > > 'etc/fstab', > > 'var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.*', > > 'var/log/apache2/*', > > 'shares', > > 'var/lib/cvs', >

[BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected

2010-02-08 Thread Mark Wass
Hi Guys I have a config file that looks likes this: $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '/' => [ 'dev', 'proc', 'sys', 'tmp', 'var/lib/mysql', 'etc/fstab', 'var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.*', 'var/log/apache2/*', 'shares', 'var/lib/cvs', 'var/li

[BackupPC-users] Exclude a directory.

2009-12-01 Thread ckandreou
'/Commun/Informatique/Second_folder_to_exclude/'], Remove the comma. The last entry should not have a comman +-- |This was sent by christakisandr...@yahoo.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude a directory.

2009-11-27 Thread Tony Molloy
On Thursday 26 November 2009 12:21:49 boulate wrote: > Hi all ! > > First, please excuse me for my bad English, i'll try to do my best. > > I just have a problem with backuppc. I have to backup a server using SMB > protocol, and everything work well. > > The problem is that I have to exclude a dir

[BackupPC-users] Exclude a directory.

2009-11-26 Thread boulate
Hi all ! First, please excuse me for my bad English, i'll try to do my best. I just have a problem with backuppc. I have to backup a server using SMB protocol, and everything work well. The problem is that I have to exclude a directory of the backup. I read the documentation and try to confi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude Hidden files (Linux + SSH + tar)

2009-09-25 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, kadamba wrote on 2009-09-24 04:34:32 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] Exclude Hidden files (Linux + SSH + tar)]: > [...] > I've installed BackupPC on Debian Lenny to backup Ubuntu Desktops (/home for > all), I need to exclude all hidden files which is taking up lots of space. > My

[BackupPC-users] Exclude Hidden files (Linux + SSH + tar)

2009-09-24 Thread kadamba
Hi I've installed BackupPC on Debian Lenny to backup Ubuntu Desktops (/home for all), I need to exclude all hidden files which is taking up lots of space. My focus is on user data files. With reference to this article http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lis

[BackupPC-users] exclude file problem-- its fine now

2009-08-01 Thread Benedict simon
> Hi, > > Adam Goryachev wrote on 2009-07-31 18:11:47 +1000 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > exclude file problem]: >> Benedict simon wrote: >> > Dear All, >> > >> > I am new to backuppc [...] > > are you sure? My mail folder seems to remember you posting

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude file problem

2009-07-31 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > Adam Goryachev wrote on 2009-07-31 18:11:47 +1000 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > exclude file problem]: >> Benedict simon wrote: >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I am new to backuppc [...]

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude file problem

2009-07-31 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Adam Goryachev wrote on 2009-07-31 18:11:47 +1000 [Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude file problem]: > Benedict simon wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > I am new to backuppc [...] are you sure? My mail folder seems to remember you posting here occasionally for over a year ;-).

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude file problem

2009-07-31 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benedict simon wrote: > Dear All, > > I am new to backuppc and jus installed and been backuing up 2 windows > machines at the start > backuppc is a lovely piece of software. > now i did backup also succesfully one of my linux server(its my mail and >

[BackupPC-users] exclude file problem

2009-07-31 Thread Benedict simon
Dear All, I am new to backuppc and jus installed and been backuing up 2 windows machines at the start backuppc is a lovely piece of software. now i did backup also succesfully one of my linux server(its my mail and dns server) now it does a backup fine but i do get xtransfer errors in the below

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude from backup

2009-06-26 Thread Vladislav Tchernev
Thank you guys for your feedback. FYI the "XferMethod" I am using is rsync and the suggested config listed bellow is working. Apparently, one have to specify a share(s) in "RsyncShareName" and use it in "BackupFilesExclude" to specify what exactly to be excluded under that share. $Conf{BackupFi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude from backup

2009-06-26 Thread Les Mikesell
Adam Goryachev wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I am new to backuppc and was trying to figure out how to exclude dir/files >> from a backup. I have played around with the GUI, setting >> Xfer->BackupFilesExclude and Xfer->RsyncArgs (--exclude="..."), as > well as >> directly editing the conf files (the gl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude from backup

2009-06-26 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Vladislav Tchernev wrote on 2009-06-26 11:00:08 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] Exclude from backup]: > [...] What I have tried to do is to exclude /proc but it seems I > can't manage to get rid of it since the error log keeps complining about it. > Bellow are some settings (I ended

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude from backup

2009-06-26 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Vladislav Tchernev wrote: > Hi All, > I am new to backuppc and was trying to figure out how to exclude dir/files > from a backup. I have played around with the GUI, setting > Xfer->BackupFilesExclude and Xfer->RsyncArgs (--exclude="..."), as well as

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude from backup

2009-06-26 Thread Mark Maciolek
hi, Should look more like this: $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '*' => [ '/tmp', '/proc' ] }; Vladislav Tchernev wrote: > Hi All, > I am new to backuppc and was trying to figure out how to exclude dir/files > from a backup. I have played around with the GUI, setting > Xfer->Bac

[BackupPC-users] Exclude from backup

2009-06-26 Thread Vladislav Tchernev
Hi All, I am new to backuppc and was trying to figure out how to exclude dir/files from a backup. I have played around with the GUI, setting Xfer->BackupFilesExclude and Xfer->RsyncArgs (--exclude="..."), as well as directly editing the conf files (the global and the host specific ones) but

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directory based on dot file?

2009-01-27 Thread Reid Rivenburgh
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Juergen Harms wrote: > Rsync supports precisely what you want: place the following item into > your RsyncArgs argument list (the name .rsyncPerDirFilter is just a name > choosen for this example - but the space between the : and the name is > mandatory, possibly ne

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directory based on dot file?

2009-01-27 Thread Juergen Harms
Rsync supports precisely what you want: place the following item into your RsyncArgs argument list (the name .rsyncPerDirFilter is just a name choosen for this example - but the space between the : and the name is mandatory, possibly needs to be backslashed). --filter=: .rsyncPerDirFilter In e

[BackupPC-users] Exclude directory based on dot file?

2009-01-26 Thread Reid Rivenburgh
Hi. I hope this isn't a FAQ I'm using BackupPC to backup a linux system to an external drive using rsync. It works nicely. I have some large data files that don't need backing up, though. I was wondering if it's possible to exclude (prune) directories by doing something like putting a dot-

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files

2009-01-15 Thread Craig Barratt
Christian writes: > I'm having some issues with excluding directories. > > If have the following settings in the host.pl: > =snip=== > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ > '/', > '/srv' > ]; > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > 'srv' => [ >

[BackupPC-users] Exclude files

2009-01-15 Thread Christian Völker
Yohoo! I'm having some issues with excluding directories. If have the following settings in the host.pl: =snip=== $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ '/', '/srv' ]; $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { 'srv' => [ 'file1', '/bu' ] }; =

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude complexity in version 2.1.2pl1

2008-12-12 Thread John Rouillard
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 07:51:57PM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > John Rouillard wrote at about 17:48:02 + on Thursday, December 11, 2008: > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:14:48AM -0800, Craig Barratt wrote: > > > James writes: > > > > > > > I have the following config line: > > > > >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude complexity in version 2.1.2pl1

2008-12-11 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
John Rouillard wrote at about 17:48:02 + on Thursday, December 11, 2008: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:14:48AM -0800, Craig Barratt wrote: > > James writes: > > > > > I have the following config line: > > > > > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/proc', '/mnt', '/sys', '/home/ > > > users'

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude complexity in version 2.1.2pl1

2008-12-11 Thread John Rouillard
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:14:48AM -0800, Craig Barratt wrote: > James writes: > > > I have the following config line: > > > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/proc', '/mnt', '/sys', '/home/ > > users', ... , '+ /vz/dump', '/vz/*']; > > > > But there is no /vz/dump in the backups. What am I doin

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude complexity in version 2.1.2pl1

2008-12-11 Thread Craig Barratt
James writes: > I have the following config line: > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/proc', '/mnt', '/sys', '/home/ > users', ... , '+ /vz/dump', '/vz/*']; > > But there is no /vz/dump in the backups. What am I doing wrong? You can't use the rsync syntax (+/-) in $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}. Yo

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude complexity in version 2.1.2pl1

2008-12-10 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, James Ward wrote on 2008-12-10 14:27:24 -0700 [[BackupPC-users] Exclude complexity in version 2.1.2pl1]: > I have the following config line: > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/proc', '/mnt', '/sys', '/home/ > users', ... , '+

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude complexity in version 2.1.2pl1

2008-12-10 Thread Trey Nolen
uppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] Exclude complexity in version 2.1.2pl1 I have the following config line: $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/proc', '/mnt', '/sys', '/home/ users', ... , '+ /vz/dump', '/vz/*']; But there is

[BackupPC-users] Exclude complexity in version 2.1.2pl1

2008-12-10 Thread James Ward
I have the following config line: $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/proc', '/mnt', '/sys', '/home/ users', ... , '+ /vz/dump', '/vz/*']; But there is no /vz/dump in the backups. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance, James

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