On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 7:37 AM, swisstone
<backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote:
> I have been running BackupPC for 2 years and everytime I add a client PC (XP 
> Pro) to be backed up I manually add the machine and its folder paths.
> This can lead to much confusion as everytime a different user starts or a 
> machine is moved the configs all need to be changed.
>
> I would like to backup:
>
> c$\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Desktop
> c$\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents
>
> I have to change the script for every user....  [Rolling Eyes]
> I tried a wildcard
>
> c$\Documents and Settings\*\Desktop
>
> But the wildcard just throws a path error? Is this possible?
> I would like to just backup the whole subnet of clients based on IP (all 
> profiles desktop and documents is fine) That way I will not miss anyone!
> But cannot get BackupPC to accept a wildcard?
> Any help greatly appriciated.

I'm running into the same issue but I'm using ssh/rsync for linux to
linux backup. There are some differences in how wildcards work with
the different backup methods. It's possible that your wildcard is
being expanded in the local shell instead of making it to the client.
I would try various ways of quoting the wildcard starting with:

c$\Documents and Settings\'*'\Desktop (single quotes)

and see what happens.

Richard

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