Any thoughts?  Thanks.

 

 

Now that I have gotten my backuppc to work, I am backing up certain files on a Windows harddrive.  Most of the directories and files on the harddrive are to be backed up, but I want to exclude several directories from the backup and the files contained therein.  Instead of indicating to backuppc the directories to be backed up in RsyncShareName (which are numerous), I would like to merely tell backuppc to backup the entire drive (in this case, “/cygdrive/j/”) and to exclude several of the directories on the the j drive (e.g. hey backuppc, exclude “/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1”, “/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2” etc.).  How can this be accomplished?  When I look at the backuppc excludes function using the cgi interface, and the examples given, I am a bit confused.  Do I merely type the below in the cgi interface to exclude the aforementioned:

 

BackupFilesExclude = [‘/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1’, ‘/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2’]  (btw, is the “=” needed in the box or do I just start with the open “[“)

 

Or do I type the above or some variant directly into /etc/backuppc/config.pl or the akibu-desktop.pl config file?  Thanks.

 

Akibu