Re: [BackupPC-users] Excludes not working
2009-08-26 17:57:04
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 08/26 12:57 , Osburn, Michael wrote:
>> I am trying to backup my backuppc server while excluding the backups
>> directory. No matter what I put under excludes in the config, I still
>> end up with the cpool and pc directories in my backups.
>
> You misunderstand the exclude syntax. Here's an example for a (SMB) share
> named 'c$':
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
> 'c$' => [
> '/RECYCLER',
> '/winnt/tmp',
> '/temp',
> '/WUTemp',
> '/WINDOWS',
> '/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files/',
> '/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/history/',
> '/Documents and Settings/*/Cookies/',
> '/Documents and Settings/*/Favorites/',
> '/Documents and Settings/*/IETldCache/',
> '/Documents and Settings/*/IECompatCache/',
> '/Documents and Settings/*/NetHood/',
> '/Documents and Settings/*/PrivacIE/',
> '/Documents and Settings/*/PrintHood/',
> '/pagefile.sys',
> '/hiberfil.sys',
> ]
> };
>
hmm ... I'm having some problems with smb-tar excludes, too (my first
smb client because of never ending VISTA 64-bit related issues with
DeltaCopy and/or cygwin-rsyncd) and I read on:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Smb_exclude
> 1. Backslashes (\) seem to be the only effective way to get smbclient to
> correctly exclude files.
> 2. Subfolders need to be followed by a \* to be correctly excluded.
> 3. Files off of the root of the share need to be prepended by an extra
> backslash to be correctly excluded.
> 4. Folders off of the root of the share need to be prepended by an extra
> backslash to be correctly excluded.
Maybe I should try it your way then ... ;-)
Bernhard
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