On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 01:20 -0800, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> my problem is this exclude list needs to be updated everytime I create
> a new directory (maybe I try out some new application) or file (which
> I don't really want to backup). I only want to backup certian
> directories/files.
You could struc
Hi Cameron,
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:49:39 +1100
Cameron Simpson wrote:
> They're just like ACLs: first match applies. From the man page, undef
> "FILTER RULES":
>
> As the list of files/directories to transfer is built, rsync
> checks each name to be transferred against the list of
> incl
On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 14:49 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 20Feb2011 22:22, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> | The include/exclude rules are just passed through to rsync. The man page
> | for rsync has a fairly extensive discussion of the syntax. I don't see a
> | direct statement that the rules a
On 20Feb2011 22:22, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
| The include/exclude rules are just passed through to rsync. The man page
| for rsync has a fairly extensive discussion of the syntax. I don't see a
| direct statement that the rules are evaluated in strict order, but it
| seems natural.
They're jus
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 16:49 -0800, suvayu ali wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 01:20 -0800, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> >> I wish to understand the filter so that I can build the entire rule
> >> set
> >> in layers. Something
Hi Patrick,
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 01:20 -0800, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>> I wish to understand the filter so that I can build the entire rule
>> set
>> in layers. Something like this,
>>
>> 1. ignore all files
>> 2. add backup_root/dir1
>> 3
Hi Patrick,
Thanks for your response.
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:05:38 -0430
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 14:11 -0800, suvayu ali wrote:
>
> > In other words I wanted to rsnapshot to backup _only_ the
> > directories/files explicitly specified and skip everythign else.
> >
>
On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 14:11 -0800, suvayu ali wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to setup my backups using rsnapshot. I have a rather large
> and frequently changing /home// that I want to backup. I don't
> want to backup the frequently changing directories (e.g. my downalods
> directory or tem
Hi everyone,
I am trying to setup my backups using rsnapshot. I have a rather large
and frequently changing /home// that I want to backup. I don't
want to backup the frequently changing directories (e.g. my downalods
directory or temporary work directory). In other words I wanted to
rsnapshot to b
