On 4/7/2017 2:55 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> -----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.

AND the "root" must either match one of your share names or * to match 
all of your shares.

-- 
Bowie

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