Hi Wolfgang,

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 08:09:30AM +0200, Wolfgang Karall wrote:
> Hi Axel,
> 
> On 15-09-09 17:57:58, Axel Beckert wrote:
> > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
> >   '/Users/*/' => [
> >       '/Pictures',
> >       '/Movies',
> >       '/Music',
> >   ],
> >   [...]
> > };
> 
> BackupFilesExclude only understands one special key, '*', for all shares
> not matched by any other key in the configuration.

Yep, that's how I read the comments in config.pl as well as the code
of BackupPC::Xfer::Tar.

> Maybe you can adapt the $Conf{TarClientCmd} to have the exclude list
> defined on the client, I use
> 
> $Conf{TarClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -n -l root $host'
>                     . ' env LC_ALL=C $tarPath -c -v -f - -C $shareName+'
>                     . ' -X $shareName+/.backuppc.excludes'
>                     . ' --totals';
> 
> for some hosts where there's the need for client-side exclude lists,

That's an interesting idea. While reading the manual I noticed that
there are tons of ways to specific excludes based on files, but I
didn't have the idea to use them in $Conf{TarClientCmd}. Will think
about that and reread the according section of the GNU Tar manual
under that aspect.

> adding empty .backuppc.excludes files for shares without exclusions.

Would be even nicer if those files would be skipped if nonexistent,
but still a nice idea.

> PS: I guess the mention in the GNU tar manual about * being greedy even
> when encountering a / is "Periods (`.') or forward slashes (`/') are not
> considered special for wildcard matches."

Indeed. I seem to have missed that or just looked at the wrong
position inside the manual. Thanks!

                Kind regards, Axel Beckert
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