Terry Tree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. I'm trying to use cpdup to backup my desktop to my little home > server via NFS. The question I have is there a way to have a global > cpignore file ? I don't have to place an ignore file in every > directory. I want to exclude all of my mp3 and iso files so my server > doesn't fill up. Does anyone know of a work around for this ?
My workaround for similar things is not to use cpdup, but find(1) and cpio(1). In your case, something like this should work: # cd $SOURCE # find -d . | egrep -v '\.(mp3|iso)$' | cpio -dump $TARGET Another advantage is the fact that mtimes of directories will be preserved, which cpdup doesn't do. However, the disadvantage is that cpio will always copy all files, even if they already exist in the destination. But that can be fixed to some extent by using the -newer option of find: Before starting the backup, touch a file. For the next backup, use that file as a "marker" to backup only files that are newer or have changed since then: # touch /var/db/thisbackup # cd $SOURCE # find -d . -newer /var/db/lastbackup | grep -vf /etc/backup.excl | cpio -dump $TARGET # mv -f /var/db/thisbackup /var/db/lastbackup # cat /etc/backup.excl \.mp3$ \.iso$ \.iso.gz$ \.iso.bz2$ Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way.
