Hi,

The documentation for BackupFilesExclude [1] and its examples seem to 
indicate that the patterns can be anchored to the root directory.  That 
is, if you want to exclude the apt cache, you could use a rule of 
/var/cache/apt/archives/*.

That only works if you are backing up an entire system at once.  If your 
RsyncShareName is instead ['/', '/var', '/usr', '/home'] or some such, 
then this pattern will not match, at least with rsync.  For rsync the 
patterns are rooted against the top-level directory for the transfer.

Annoyingly, that means I will have to list all these patterns twice, 
since some of my systems have just one big filesystem, and others have 
/, /usr, /home, /var, etc.

More confusingly, the manual mentions how to craft patterns for tar and 
smb but not for rsync.  I've now noticed many places in the manual where 
only tar or smb are mentioned, and now mention of rsync even though it 
is relevant.  Is that just due to lack of manpower to write docs, or 
does it imply that rsync is something of a second-class citizen in 
backuppc?  If rsync isn't well-used and well-regarded with BackupPC, 
then I wouldn't want to use it for my vital data.  If I can't use rsync, 
then BackupPC won't meet my needs -- so I am keenly interested in this 
point.

-- John

[1] 
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#_conf_backupfilesexclude_

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