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Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directory having no effect

2015-01-28 16:12:33
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude directory having no effect
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:10:56 -0600
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Hugh Tower-Pierce <h AT hpjt DOT net> wrote:
> I'm backing up a host samba, which has a directory I want to exclude named
> "@Recycle".  Adding a global or host exclusion doesn't seem to cause
> BackupPC to skip the directory.  I've tried substituting a wildcard for the
> @ symbol, and reversing forward vs. backslashes, to no avail.  I'd
> appreciate any suggestions.

Most exclusion problems have to do with getting the syntax right.  Are
you doing this in the web interface with the 'key' as the sharename or
'*' and the value the thing to exclude?

The other possible problem with samba xfers is that you can't set both
explicit includes and excludes.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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