Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files from BackupPC

2017-07-12 Thread Michael Stowe
On 2017-07-12 13:03, Jeffrey West wrote: So I added one entry ‘cygwin64’, Also tried ‘/cygwin64’, Also tried ‘”cygwin64”’ Also tried ‘”/cygwin64”’ Restarted the service after trying all of these and it still shows this when I backup and it is backing up the C:\cygwin64 directory. Someth

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files from BackupPC

2017-07-12 Thread Jeffrey West via BackupPC-users
West ; helpdesk < helpd...@riptidesoftware.com> *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files from BackupPC On 2017-07-12 12:25, Jeffrey West via BackupPC-users wrote: All, I am having a major issue with BackupPC. I first tried using BackupFilesOnly to restrict backups to just the C:\Us

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files from BackupPC

2017-07-12 Thread Michael Stowe
On 2017-07-12 12:25, Jeffrey West via BackupPC-users wrote: All, I am having a major issue with BackupPC. I first tried using BackupFilesOnly to restrict backups to just the C:\Users directory, but I needed to exclude some files and since the first overrides the second I decided to try just usi

[BackupPC-users] Excluding files from BackupPC

2017-07-12 Thread Jeffrey West via BackupPC-users
All, I am having a major issue with BackupPC. I first tried using BackupFilesOnly to restrict backups to just the C:\Users directory, but I needed to exclude some files and since the first overrides the second I decided to try just using the ExcludeFiles directive. I am using the following.

[BackupPC-users] Excluding files from rsync

2013-06-20 Thread Bart Verwilst
Hi, The IRC channel seems to be pretty much dead so I'm turning towards the mailinglist for some advice. :) One of the subdirectories of the main directory that needs to be backed up hold hundreds of thousands of cached file that need no backup. I can exclude them from being backed up with Bac

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files and folders with spaces

2012-02-21 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom [mailto:chr...@real-time.com] Sent: den 21 februari 2012 14:29 To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files and folders with spaces On 02/21 02:17 , Sorin Srbu wrote: > I did

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files and folders with spaces

2012-02-21 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 02/21 02:17 , Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hi all, > > I didn't find any information on how filenames and folders that have a space > in their name should be added to Xfer/BackupFilesExclude. > > Can I just add eg "/home/Virtual VMs" (including the "") in the field? For rsync at least you should be a

[BackupPC-users] Excluding files and folders with spaces

2012-02-21 Thread Sorin Srbu
Hi all, I didn't find any information on how filenames and folders that have a space in their name should be added to Xfer/BackupFilesExclude. Can I just add eg "/home/Virtual VMs" (including the "") in the field? -- BW, Sorin ---

Re: [BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup

2011-09-07 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, SSzretter wrote on 2011-09-07 13:33:24 -0700 [[BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup]: > So what is the proper syntax for excluding files backed up via smb from a > windows box (folders too)? ask smbclient. I was going to recommend reading smbclient(1), but it isn't very

[BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup

2011-09-07 Thread SSzretter
_mig$/KB2079403/update create d 755 0/0 0 WINDOWS/$hf_mig$/KB2115168 pool 644 0/0 30216 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MOFCOMP.EXE-01718E95.pf pool 644 0/0 55314 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MRT.EXE-1B4A8D49.pf pool 644 0/0 7844 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MRTSTUB.EXE-0574A4ED.pf create 644 0/0 110134 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MSACCESS.EXE-175

[BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup

2011-09-04 Thread SSzretter
44 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MRTSTUB.EXE-0574A4ED.pf create 644 0/0 110134 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MSACCESS.EXE-175F0AD1.pf pool 644 0/0 171224 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MSCORSVW.EXE-1366B4F5.pf SSzretter wrote on 2011-08-31 13:37:13 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup]: After further investigation, I

Re: [BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup

2011-09-04 Thread Ralf Gross
SSzretter schrieb: > It's set to : > > $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {}; > > My file count / reuse summary is basically not changed (which I would expect > some numbers to drop) in the web admin for the machine's latest backup. > > In the latest xfer log for this morning, just a SMALL sampling: > >

[BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup

2011-09-04 Thread SSzretter
It's set to : $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {}; My file count / reuse summary is basically not changed (which I would expect some numbers to drop) in the web admin for the machine's latest backup. In the latest xfer log for this morning, just a SMALL sampling: create d 755 0/0 0 Sys

Re: [BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup

2011-08-31 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, SSzretter wrote on 2011-08-31 13:37:13 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup]: > After further investigation, I believe my file exclusions are not working in > backuppc. I checked some random machine transfer logs and I see lots of > entries for /WINDOWS/... > In

[BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup

2011-08-31 Thread SSzretter
After further investigation, I believe my file exclusions are not working in backuppc. I checked some random machine transfer logs and I see lots of entries for /WINDOWS/... In my config.pl this (and other) directories should be exuded. I am using SMB to do backups (xp machines mostly): Do I n

Re: [BackupPC-users] excluding files

2011-04-04 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Bowie Bailey wrote on 2011-04-04 11:36:18 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] excluding files]: > On 4/3/2011 5:59 PM, Scott wrote: > > [...] > > In the web interface I added an entry for: *.MPG > > [...] > > You probably just put the entry in the wrong place. >

Re: [BackupPC-users] excluding files

2011-04-04 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 4/3/2011 5:59 PM, Scott wrote: > I tried excluding files and does not seem to be working : > > In the web interface I added an entry for: *.MPG > > Yet in the backup pc folder I am seeing .MPG files! > > Do I need to type anything more than just "*.MPG" ? (windows client) > You probably j

[BackupPC-users] excluding files

2011-04-03 Thread Scott
I tried excluding files and does not seem to be working : In the web interface I added an entry for: *.MPG Yet in the backup pc folder I am seeing .MPG files! Do I need to type anything more than just "*.MPG" ? (windows client)

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files

2008-05-03 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 07:46:54AM +1000, Adam Goryachev wrote: > > I'm currently using BackupPC to backup few of my servers. I'm only > > having a problem with one of the server getting backed up. There's an > > rsync process that's been running flat out for a long time. It seems > > that Backup

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files

2008-05-01 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jake Solid wrote: > I'm currently using BackupPC to backup few of my servers. I'm only > having a problem with one of the server getting backed up. There's an > rsync process that's been running flat out for a long time. It seems > that BackupPC is tr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files

2008-05-01 Thread Rob Owens
You can run: iftop -n on either machine to monitor the network traffic. That will tell you if there is actually a transfer happening or not. -Rob Jake Solid wrote: > I'm currently using BackupPC to backup few of my servers. I'm only > having a problem with one of the server getting backed up

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files

2008-05-01 Thread Rob Owens
Jake Solid wrote: > I'm currently using BackupPC to backup few of my servers. I'm only > having a problem with one of the server getting backed up. There's an > rsync process that's been running flat out for a long time. It seems > that BackupPC is trying to backup a directory of rapidly-chan

[BackupPC-users] Excluding files

2008-05-01 Thread Jake Solid
I'm currently using BackupPC to backup few of my servers. I'm only having a problem with one of the server getting backed up. There's an rsync process that's been running flat out for a long time. It seems that BackupPC is trying to backup a directory of rapidly-changing files, that should be excl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files

2005-10-19 Thread Travis Fraser
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 05:46 +0200, Alex Schaft wrote: > Craig Barratt wrote: > > Alex Schaft writes: > > > > > > > I'm trying to stop backuppc from backing up mp3 files. I've tried > > > setting the exclude file parameter to *.mp3 as well as just mp3, but > > > they're still being backed up.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files

2005-10-18 Thread Alex Schaft
Craig Barratt wrote: Alex Schaft writes: I'm trying to stop backuppc from backing up mp3 files. I've tried setting the exclude file parameter to *.mp3 as well as just mp3, but they're still being backed up. What is your XferMethod? SMB to windows clients. I chec

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files

2005-10-18 Thread Craig Barratt
Alex Schaft writes: > I'm trying to stop backuppc from backing up mp3 files. I've tried > setting the exclude file parameter to *.mp3 as well as just mp3, but > they're still being backed up. What is your XferMethod? Craig --- This SF.Net e

[BackupPC-users] Excluding files

2005-10-18 Thread Alex Schaft
Hi, I'm trying to stop backuppc from backing up mp3 files. I've tried setting the exclude file parameter to *.mp3 as well as just mp3, but they're still being backed up. How do I do this? -- Alex Schaft Quick Software Tel: +27-(0)11-451-9100 Fax: +27-(0)86-674-6981 ---