BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Problem with $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}

2009-01-19 15:37:09
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Problem with $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}
From: Max Hetrick <maxhetrick AT verizon DOT net>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:35:08 -0500
Nick Bright wrote:
> In my /etc/BackupPC/pc/host.pl file, I have the 
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} directive configured as:
> 
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>    '/usr/local/vpopmail/domains' => [
>      ''
>    ],
>    '/usr/local/MPP/working' => [
>      ''
>    ],
>    '/proc' => [
>      ''
>    ],
>    '/var/qmail/queue' => [
>      ''
>    ],
>    '/backup' => [
>      ''
>    ]
> };
> 
> This was configured through the web interface, on BackupPC v3.1.0. 
> Backup method is "rsync".
> 
> The backup runs, but it disregards my exclude directives and backs up 
> the directories I'm telling it not to back up. Unfortunately, because of 
> the first exclude line not being excluded, this is making the backup 
> take about 20 hours to run!
> 
> Any thoughts as to why these directories aren't being excluded?

Perhaps I have my understanding of of BackupPC's exclude files, but I 
have mine as follows, and I think things are relative to the path, or 
something of the sort. I had problems with mine too when I had 
"/var/cache" on one line. When I made it look like the following, it worked.

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
   '/var' => [
     '/cache'
   ]
};

So, perhaps try:

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
    '/usr/local/vpopmail' => [
      '/domains'
    ],
    '/usr/local/MPP/' => [
      '/working'
    ],
    '/proc' => [
      ''
    ],
    '/var/qmail' => [
      '/queue'
    ],
    '/backup' => [
      ''
    ]
};

Regards,
Max

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