Re: [BackupPC-users] "unexpected repeated share name"

hi,

You should leave the RysncShareName as / and add the directories under 
BackupFilesOnly


$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {
   '*' => [
     '/home',
     '/etc'
   ]
};

Mark

Tim Connors wrote:
> backuppc fails to backup '/' if it is not specified before anything else.
> In fact, any subtree can't be specified before its parents, or the parents
> won't be backed up because the directory already exists by the time
> backuppc performs the test for repeated share name.  If it is a wise idea
> to keep the test, then perhaps it can be reworded to "share already exists
> - try specifying subtrees after their parents" or the like.
> 
> My failing config is here:
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>   '/home',
>   '/',
>   '/boot',
>   '/dos',
>   '/volatile/var/cache/apt-cacher-ng'
> ];
> 
> 

-- 
Mark Maciolek
Network Administrator
Morse Hall 339
862-3050
mlm AT sr.unh DOT edu
https://www.sr.unh.edu

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