Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding folders from backup

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markus Koeberl [mailto:markus.koeberl AT tugraz DOT at]
> Sent: den 7 april 2017 08:37
> To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Cc: Sorin Srbu <Sorin.Srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se>
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding folders from backup
> 
> On Friday 07 April 2017 07:29:30 Sorin Srbu wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm at a loss here. I just can't get this to work.
> >
> > Situation:
> > I have set to backup my homefolder /home/sorin on a CentOS 7.3 x64 box,
> but
> > I want to exclude the folders /home/sorin/Videos and
> /home/sorin/ownCloud.
> >
> > To achieve this I have /home/sorin set in the field RsyncShareName.
> >
> > In the field BackupFilesExclude I have the two folders
/home/sorin/Videos
> > and /home/sorin/ownCloud.
> >
> > The override checkbox is ticked on both RsyncShareName and
> > BackupFilesExclude.
> >
> > The field BackupFilesOnly is empty, as this would override anything in
> > BackupFilesExclude as per the documentation.
> >
> > Rsync is used for this client.
> > BackupPC v3.3.1 is used on the BPC-server, which runs CentOS 7.3.1611
x64.
> >
> >
> > Now, is there any particular reason why the folders /home/sorin/ownCloud
> and
> > /home/sorin/Videos _still_ gets backed up, despite my specifically
adding
> > exceptions/exclusions for them?
> >
> > I don't understand this... :-/
> > What am I missing here?
> >
> > If more information is needed, please ask!
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any hints.
> 
> 
> If you set RsyncShareName to /home/sorin you need to define a key
> /home/sorin for BackupFilesExclude and add /Videos and /ownCloud to this
> key
> 
> It should look like this in your config file:
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>   '/home/sorin'
> ];
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>   '/home/sorin' => [
>     '/Videos',
>     '/ownCloud'
>   ]
> };


This is how my config file looks like:

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
  '/home/sorin/ownCloud' => [],
  '/home/sorin/Videos' => []
};
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
  '/home/sorin',
];


Doh! Now I get it! Thank you!
You first have to add a "root" and then the folders you want excluded.
Seeing it now, it's rather obvious.

-- 
//Sorin

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