Richard Shaw wrote:
> 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_

That should work - or you could build a tree of hard links that mirror the 
directory locations of the files you want to back up in each filesystem.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com




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