Re: [rdiff-backup-users] backup different directories

[Rui Lopes]

Hello,

> Hi,
>
>  > Is there some way of placing these directories inside a file?
>
> To backup all needed directories from a linux box in one pass I'm using
>
> rdiff-backup --include-globbing-filelist bck.dat / rserver::rbckdir
>
> with bck.dat containing something like
> (first matching pattern is used)
>
> + /etc
> - /home/*/log
> - /home/backup
> + /home
> + /var/lib
> + /var/www
> - /usr/local/man
> + /usr/local
> - **
>
> Please remember to use at least version 0.11.1 for this, as there was a
> bug in the globbing parameter which is fixed there.

thanks for your reply Claus!

>From the documentation I didn't notice that "globbing" feature is only
supported on the dev-version.


I will install the dev-version, but how to remove the older version?
setup.py has a "install" option but no "deinstall" or similar option.


TIA,
Rui Lopes