I think I spotted a mistake in my own speculative config. See below.
Mark Adams wrote:
> Greetings. Me again.
>
> I upgraded my backup server and configured two hard drives into a single
> logical volume with LVM for my TopDir, and successfully configured
> BackupPC to backup a share on one of my host machines. Rejoicing was
> heard throughout the LAN.
>
> Now, I am faced with the necessity of backing up my /etc and some of my
> user's home directory on that machine.
>
> I want to exclude several directories under my user's home directory,
> but the information I've seen is all about configuring BackupPC for a
> Windows host. I am assuming I need to change this:
>
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {
> '*' => [
> 'images',
> 'Photos'
> ]
> };
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
> '/mnt/share'
> ];
> $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = '192.168.1.106';
>
>
>
> To this:
>
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {
> '/mnt/share' => [
> 'images',
> 'Photos'
> ]
> '/' => [
> 'etc'
> ]
> '/home' => [
> 'madams'
> ]
> };
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
> '/home/madams' => ['/torrent', '/Download'],
> };
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
> '/mnt/share', '/home/madams', '/etc'
> ];
> $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = '192.168.1.106';
>
>
> Is this right, or do I misunderstand this configuration?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
I believe the $Conf{RsyncShareName} statement should involve '/' rather
than '/etc'. The directory I want to backup is /etc which is a
subdirectory of /. I also believe the /home/madams directory should be
/home. Am I right?
--
Mark E. Adams
Random Musing:
And do you think (fop that I am) that I could be the Scarlet Pumpernickel?
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