[BackupPC-users] yet another exclude folder syntax question

2013-11-27 Thread Hughes, Michael B [CSSM]
I'm using rsync to backup the /home partition on several Linux workstations and would like to exclude certain subdirectories in all profiles such as /home/[users]/Downloads. I'm a bit unclear on what BackupPC is looking for when matching items within a share. Using the gui I've got the RsyncSha

[BackupPC-users] yet another exclude folder syntax question

2013-11-28 Thread SimonUtter
So what does your relevant parts config.pl look like? Maybe post a sample? +-- |This was sent by simon.ut...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +

[BackupPC-users] yet another exclude folder syntax question

2013-12-01 Thread SimonUtter
Yes that is the correct syntax, assuming that the Rsync name you set in your rsync conf file is set to "/home" So in the first example you gave us, you specified the rsync share name "/home/*/Downloads" On my Windows machine running rsyncd i have the following in my rsyncd.conf on the client: [

Re: [BackupPC-users] yet another exclude folder syntax question

2013-11-29 Thread Hughes, Michael B [CSSM]
I kinda figured that would be one of the first questions I was asked. I was attempting to 'keep it simple' so as I mentioned, I configured it from the GUI, but in searching the mail archives I see that manually editing the conf file seems like the way to go. Here's what I have so far: $Conf{Rsy

Re: [BackupPC-users] yet another exclude folder syntax question

2013-11-30 Thread Hughes, Michael B [CSSM]
Examining the syntax of the config.pl file seemed to provide the missing link. Just in case someone else comes across this question, attached is the configuration that is working in the GUI and here are the corresponding entries for /etc/backuppc/config.pl to exclude some folders within a share:

Re: [BackupPC-users] yet another exclude folder syntax question

2013-11-30 Thread Hughes, Michael B [CSSM]
Examining the syntax of the config.pl file seemed to provide the missing link. Just in case someone else comes across this question, attached [this time] is the configuration that is working in the GUI and here are the corresponding entries for /etc/backuppc/config.pl to exclude some folders wit