Richard Shaw wrote:
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Allen <allen.stowe AT rogers DOT com> wrote:
>   
>> Steve Blackwell wrote:
>>
>> I'm running F11 and I keep getting an error on my backups. I've tracked
>> this down to a file, .gvfs, in users home directories. From the log
>> file:
>>
>> /bin/tar: ./.gvfs: Cannot stat: Permission denied
>>
>> I use the web interface to edit the configuration but I cannot find the
>> correct syntax to exclude these files. The TarShareName is / and I've
>> tried the following for BackupFilesExclude
>>
>> .gvfs
>> *.gvfs
>> /home/*/.gvfs
>>
>> none of which work. How have others overcome this? And, yes, I do have
>> the Override box checked.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Hi Steve;
>>
>> This works for me:
>> */.gvfs
>>
>>     Allen...
>>     
>
> I'm completely guessing here, but doesn't the exclude syntax use a
> "share name" and "what to exclude" as separate arguments? If you
> wanted to globally exclude .gvfs from all backups wouldn't you use
> something like "*" as the share name (all shares) and "/home/*/.gvfs"
> as the file/directory to exclude?
>
> Richard
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   
Hi Richard et al;

Perhaps I should have been more specific... This is included in my 
global configuration under RsyncArgs for rsync.

    --exclude */.gvfs

I never use BackupFilesExcludes for rsync.

  Allen...

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