BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Syntax for excluding .gvfs

2010-05-12 12:51:25
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Syntax for excluding .gvfs
From: Luis Paulo <luis.barbas AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 17:49:35 +0100
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Steve Blackwell <zephod AT cfl.rr DOT com> 
wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 2010 10:48:03 -0500
> Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>
>
>> A quick fix might be to add the --one-file-system option to the tar
>> command so it will ignore all mount points.  I always do that anyway
>> to avoid picking up ad-hoc DVD/USB or network mounts that might
>> happen to be active, but then you have to be sure you explicitly add
>> every filesystem that you do want to back up.
>>
>
> I have a dual boot system and I keep all my music on the Windows side
> so that I can access it from either. So I want to back up the Windows
> stuff too. As I understand it the .gvfs directory has to do with fuse
> filesystems, ie Windows in my case. The Windows drive is mounted
> on /mnt. If I use the --one-file-system option and add /mnt/c_drive to
> my TarShareName, am I not going to have the same problem?
>
> I guess I'll try it and see.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>

A bit unrelated.
But, nevertheless, you can always define more than one share (shares
'/' and also share '/mnt/c_drive', or even more if you need to, if
using the --one-file-system option).

Luis

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