Arno,
On 26 Jan, 2010, at 15:21 , Arno Lehmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 26.01.2010 18:05, Daniel wrote:
>> I have the following situation:
>>
>> I am backing up a Windows hard disk (let's call it R: for
>> remote)... it is NOT the C: drive on the remote host. I wish to
>> back up nearly everything on it EXCEPT for one directory:
>> R:/strangedir Under R:/strangedir I *ONLY* want to keep the
>> directory tree structure, NOT the files in it. This tree structure
>> changes frequently and must match files elsewhere in the backup
>> set, so that is why its important that I copy the tree structure
>> but not necessarily the files within it as those can be repopulated
>> by a script from other data that is already backed up elsewhere in
>> R:.
>>
>> How can I make a rule for R:/strangedir? I've thought about trying
>> to use RegexDir and RegexFile, but I can't seem to make them handle
>> arbitrary recursive depth.
>
> Untested:
>
> File Set {
> Name = R-without-strangedir
> Include {
> Options {
> Exclude = Yes
> Regex File = "^.:/strangedir/.*"
> }
> Options {
> Signature = SHA1
> }
> File = "r:/"
> }
> }
>
> The first options block should catch all files below strangedir (on
> any drive) and exclude them; everything else, i.e. directory entries
> and files in other trees, would be backed up.
>
> Arno
Thanks, excepting I want the directory tree under strangedir, e.g.:
/strangedir/dir1/dir2
/strangedir/dir3/dir4/dir5
/strangedir/dir3/dir4/dir6
I am working with the client to possibly come up with a workaround for this,
but it is not forthcoming at the moment.
-- D
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