Re: [BackupPC-users] change order of backup directories

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 09:17:59AM -0500, Kirk Wight wrote:

> Is it possible to change the order in which rsync copies directories,  
> rather than the default of alphabetically? For example, while backing  
> up Mac OS X, rsync will start with /Applications, but I'd like it to  
> start with /Users, so that partials actually have some user data in  
> them.
> The rsync man pages don't seem to suggest anything - any ideas?

You might want to try the BackupFilesOnly directive and see whether it
makes a difference. If not, configure multiple "shares" and have them
backup different directories. I suppose, shares are processed in
alphabetical order by BackupPC.

HTH,

Tino.

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