On 22 Jul 2008 at 15:39, Frédéric Massot wrote:

I don't believe that the exclude parameter works with rsync.   Or at least 
that is what I ran into and what I believe that the documentation says.

I basically had to include multiple directories in such a manner as to not 
include what I wanted to exclude.   The ability to use exclude in some 
manner would certainly be welcome.

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to save all the data on a linux server with rsync+ssh+sudo, 
> I have a problem with the BackupFilesExclude parameter.
> 
> I do my tests on the tree "/usr/local" before "/", I'm trying to save 
> all "/usr/local" except the directory "/usr/local/bin".
> 
> I change the configuration with the web interface. I use BackupPC 
> 3.1.0-3 (Debian/Lenny).
> 
> 
> 1) With this configuration:
> $Conf{ClientCharset} = 'iso-8859-15';
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l backuppc 
> host1.juliana-multimedia.com sudo $rsyncPath $argList+';
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>    '/usr/local'
> ];
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>    '/usr/local' => [
>      '/bin',
>      ''
>    ]
> };
> 
> There is this line in the file auth.log:
> sudo: backuppc : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/var/lib/backuppc ; USER=root ; 
> COMMAND=/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner 
> --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive 
> --exclude= --ignore-times . /usr/local/
> 
> 
> 2) With this configuration:
> $Conf{ClientCharset} = 'iso-8859-15';
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l backuppc 
> host1.juliana-multimedia.com sudo $rsyncPath $argList+';
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>    '/usr/local'
> ];
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>    '/usr/local' => [
>      'bin',
>      ''
>    ]
> };
> 
> There is this line in the file auth.log:
> sudo: backuppc : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/var/lib/backuppc ; USER=root ; 
> COMMAND=/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner 
> --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive 
> --exclude= --ignore-times . /usr/local/
> 
> 
> 3) With this configuration:
> $Conf{ClientCharset} = 'iso-8859-15';
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l backuppc 
> host1.juliana-multimedia.com sudo $rsyncPath $argList+';
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>    '/usr/local'
> ];
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>    '/usr/local' => [
>      '/bin'
>    ]
> };
> 
> There is this line in the file auth.log:
> sudo: backuppc : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/var/lib/backuppc ; USER=root ; 
> COMMAND=/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner 
> --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive 
> --ignore-times . /usr/local/
> 
> 
> 4) With this configuration:
> $Conf{ClientCharset} = 'iso-8859-15';
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l backuppc 
> host1.juliana-multimedia.com sudo $rsyncPath $argList+';
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>    '/usr/local'
> ];
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>    '/usr/local' => [
>      'bin'
>    ]
> };
> 
> There is this line in the file auth.log:
> sudo: backuppc : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/var/lib/backuppc ; USER=root ; 
> COMMAND=/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner 
> --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive 
> --ignore-times . /usr/local/
> 
> 
> 5) With this configuration:
> $Conf{ClientCharset} = 'iso-8859-15';
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l backuppc 
> host1.juliana-multimedia.com sudo $rsyncPath $argList+';
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>    '/usr/local'
> ];
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>    '/bin' => [
>      ''
>    ]
> };
> 
> There is this line in the file auth.log:
> sudo: backuppc : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/var/lib/backuppc ; USER=root ; 
> COMMAND=/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner 
> --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive 
> --ignore-times . /usr/local/
> 
> 
> 6) With this configuration:
> $Conf{ClientCharset} = 'iso-8859-15';
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l backuppc 
> host1.juliana-multimedia.com sudo $rsyncPath $argList+';
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>    '/usr/local'
> ];
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [ '/bin' ];
> 
> There is this line in the file auth.log:
> sudo: backuppc : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/var/lib/backuppc ; USER=root ; 
> COMMAND=/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner 
> --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive 
> --ignore-times . /usr/local/
> 
> 
> 
> The directory "/usr/local/bin" are never excluded.  :o(
> 
> I'm trying all possibilities without success to exclude a directory. Can 
> you help me please?
> 
> Regards.
> -- 
> ==============================================
> |              FRÉDÉRIC MASSOT               |
> |     http://www.juliana-multimedia.com      |
> |   mailto:frederic AT juliana-multimedia DOT com   |
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