On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:14:48AM -0800, Craig Barratt wrote:
> James writes:
> 
> > I have the following config line:
> > 
> > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/proc', '/mnt', '/sys', '/home/
> > users',  ... , '+ /vz/dump', '/vz/*'];
> > 
> > But there is no /vz/dump in the backups.  What am I doing wrong?
> 
> You can't use the rsync syntax (+/-) in $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}.
> You can use $Conf{RsyncArgs} directly if you want.
> 
> Craig

Craig, it may not be intended to work, but in the current 3.x series
it does.

For example:

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
  '/var/log' => [
    '/nagios'
  ],
  '/home/yum' => [
     "+ /bin/**",
     "+ /SRPMS/**",
     "+ /install/kickstart/**",
     "+ /solaris_software/**",
     "- **/.svn/",
     "- /repository/**/core/**",
     "- /repository/**/core.orig/**",
     "- /repository/**/updates/",
     "- /repository/**/updates-test/**",
     "- /repository/**/xxx*/**",
     "- /repository/**/yyy-dev/**",
     "+ /repository/**/RPMS/**.rpm",
     "+ */",
     "- *",
   ]
};

works fine. The trick is that the arguments are passed to --exclude
and --exclude "+ something" acts as an include after it is shipped to
the remote rsync process.

This is really the only way to get a complex set of include/exclude
rules to rsync for backup needs.

Since you're the author of backuppc, I assume this wasn't intentional
but it does work and is very useful. I think Holger pointed it out in
an earlier email on this list and there are a few of us using it
AFAICT.

If RsyncArgs was settable/augmentable on a per share basis that would
also work. Something like:

$Conf{RsyncArgs} = "/path to rsync --and --common --options $RsyncShareArgs"

with 

$Conf{RsyncArgs} = {
  '/var/log' => [
    '--exclude /nagios'
  ],
  '/home/yum' => [
     "--include '/bin/**"',
     "--include '/SRPMS/*'*",
     ...
   ]
};

would be welcome as well as I could set bwlimits on a perhost
basis. Right now I have to override the whole RsyncArgs setting and
when I update it in the main config file I have to search and update
it in any pc/*.pl files I overrode it in.

-- 
                                -- rouilj

John Rouillard
System Administrator
Renesys Corporation
603-244-9084 (cell)
603-643-9300 x 111

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