Author: David Williams <dwilliams AT dtw-consulting DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:57:58 -0400
Dave Williams Hi, I am trying to ensure that I only back up certain directories on my laptop, which is done via SMB. However, the include and exclude just don't appear to be working at all. For the s
Author: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:32:20 -0500
Per http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#_conf_backupfilesexclude_ "For Smb, only one of $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} and $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} can be specified per share." The smbtar clie
Author: David Williams <dwilliams AT dtw-consulting DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:27:46 -0400
Dave Williams Ok, so I removed the BackupFilesExclude and still it is backing up directories that are not in the include list, and also not backing up some directories that are in the include list! O
Author: Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey AT BUC DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:38:29 -0400
On 10/11/2013 3:27 PM, David Williams wrote: Ok, so I removed the BackupFilesExclude and still it is backing up directories that are not in the include list, and also not backing up some directories
Author: Timothy J Massey <tmassey AT obscorp DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:53:45 -0400
Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey AT BUC DOT com> wrote on 10/11/2013 03:38:29 PM: to the Or, if there's only one share, you could use "*" for the key. That's usually what I do even with more than one share
Author: David Williams <dwilliams AT dtw-consulting DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:41:09 -0400
Dave Williams Ok, Tried the following and still not working. I'd expect the following to just back up Users/dwilliams/My Photos, but still everything is getting backed up. I guess I am just not under
Author: Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey AT BUC DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:53:48 -0400
On 10/11/2013 4:41 PM, David Williams wrote: Ok, Tried the following and still not working. I'd expect the following to just back up Users/dwilliams/My Photos, but still everything is getting backed
Author: Timothy J Massey <tmassey AT obscorp DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:51:50 -0400
is You very well may not. But take solace: this may be one of the very highest FAQ issues. (Next to how to archive an entire BackupPC server...) There are two parts to the exclude. The first part is
Author: Timothy J Massey <tmassey AT obscorp DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:03:22 -0400
I cannot believe how badly I messed up this post. (My excuse is that my local baseball team (Go Tigers!) played a late game last night...) Let me see if I can straighten it out a bit. Timothy J Masse
Author: David Williams <dwilliams AT dtw-consulting DOT com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:43:39 -0400
Dave Williams Ok, I think that I have this working now :) I think it has more to do with Windowz!! So, even though the folder name is Users/dwilliams/My Pictures the actual path is Users/dwilliams/Pi