Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] include only certain wild files, bacula stilll backs up all files

2008-08-15 23:46:34
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] include only certain wild files, bacula stilll backs up all files
From: "John Drescher" <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: "Milwell H. Sia" <milwell AT milwell DOT com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:46:27 -0400
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Milwell H. Sia <milwell AT milwell DOT com> 
wrote:
> I'm using Bacula 2.2.8 and Ubuntu 7.10, the client is windows xp.
>
> I have to backup a really big workstation and one strategy i have come
> up with is to backup by letter.
> for example, i'll make a fileset that backs up all directories in d:
> that starts with A or a.
> So the fileset looks like:
>
> FileSet{
>  name = "fileset-A"
>  include{
>   options{
>     compression = GZIP
>     wild  = "d:/A*"
>     wild  = "d:/a*"
>   }
>   File = "d:/"
>  }
> }
>
> but it seems to be bacula still backs up  all files in d:
>
This is the expected and correct behavior. The line File = D:/ means
the entire d: drive. I believe the wild parts in the options are
meaningless. You can have wild parts in excludes or in place of the
File  = D: but not in the options.

John

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