Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup a single file
2010-06-22 08:53:52
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Jonas Meurer <jonas AT freesources DOT org>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to backup a single file from a huge directory.
> Unfortunately it's neither possible to store the file in a subdirectory,
> nor to backup the whole directory. The file in question is a self-
> compiled library which needs to be stored in /usr/lib.
>
> Currently I hardlink the library file to a subdir in /root, which is
> backupped anyway. But in order to make system restore easier in case of
> a crash, I'd like to backup all non-package data at the exact same place
> as on the system.
>
> Is it possible to backup a single file at all? If i give the file as
> argument to $Conf{RsyncShareName}, backuppc exits with an error.
>
> I found nothing regarding this question in either backuppc documentation
> or list archives.
You'll still need to specify the share name as the directory but then
also specify the specific file to backup using the BackupFilesOnly
configuration setting[1].
Richard
[1]
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#item__conf_backupfilesonly_
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