Bzzzz wrote:
 > On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:22:54 -0400
 > Bob Katz <bobkatz AT digido DOT com> wrote:
 > 
 > > Oh boy....  I get it!!! I can't believe how stupid I was about that. 
 > 
 > Me too ;-p)
 > 
 > > Well, doesn't this mean I have to establish a whole bunch of modules 
 > > with a different path for each module, in order to back up everything 
 > > EXCEPT the backup location? Maybe I should try a different method than 
 > > rsyncd????
 > 
 > You can still use '/', but that means you'll have to exclude all
 > unwanted directories - I use BPC this way 'cos I really need the
 > whole system being backed up.

i confess i haven't been following this thread in all its gory detail,
but i suspect that many folks do their backups onto a separately
mounted disk.  if you do that, then adding "--one-file-system" to the
rsync args takes care of it:  you can back up from '/', but only the
root filesystem will be backed up.  any other filesystems on that
machine will also need to be backed up as separate shares, of course.

paul
=----------------------
paul fox, pgf AT foxharp.boston.ma DOT us (arlington, ma, where it's 59.2 
degrees)


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