On 18/05/14 16:37, Gary Cowell wrote:
> I use the Exclude Dir Containing with a dotfile, the example is
>
> Exclude Dir Containing = "excludemefrombackup.txt"
>
> So I use ".nobackup" on unix, but any file will do.
>
> Then just create this file in any directory you want excluded,
> regardless of spaces, escaping or whatever. Much easier.

Thanks a lot. That is an interesting construct. I shall definitely use it.

-- 
Erik.

>
> On 16 May 2014 22:52, Erik P. Olsen <epodata AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>> On 16/05/14 18:17, Martin Simmons wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 14 May 2014 20:27:43 +0200, Erik P Olsen said:
>>>>
>>>> I want to exclude a directory on a laptop running Fedora 20. The directory
>>>> contains a set of virtual machines that should not be backed up. The 
>>>> directive
>>>> in bacula-dir.conf is:
>>>>
>>>>      Exclude {
>>>>        File = /home/erik/"VirtualBox VMs"
>>>>      }
>>>>
>>>> Since the directory name has an embedded blank its name is enclosed within
>>>> quotation marks but it is nevertheless being backed up.
>>>>
>>>> What's wrong?
>>>
>>> I suggest you post the whole fileset, because the problem may be in the
>>> Include section.
>>>
>>
>> FileSet {
>>     Name = "Lenovo Set"
>>     Include {
>>       Options {
>>         signature = MD5
>>         compression = GZIP
>>         aclsupport = yes
>>       }
>>       File = /home
>>       File = /etc/bacula
>>       File = /etc/fstab
>>       File = /etc/hosts
>>       File = /etc/sysconfig/bacula-fd
>>     }
>>     Exclude {
>>       File = /home/erik/VirtualBox VMs
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> --
>> Erik

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