[rdiff-backup-users] Re: How do I specify the following?

[Evert]

Evert wrote:
> Jakob Unterwurzacher wrote:
> > Daryl Styrk schrieb:
> > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:04:49PM +0200, Evert wrote:
> > > > Daryl Styrk wrote:
> > > > > With the --exclude option. 
> > > > > http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/non-gnu/rdiff-backup/examples.html#exclude 
> > > > Yeah, I figured that much... ;-)
> > > > But what would the exact syntax be?
> > > What have you tried? ;)
> > > Something close to rdiff-backup --exclude /foo/bar/file* /foo 
> > > /dest/of/backup
> >
> > I think that should be
> >
> > rdiff-backup --exclude '/foo/bar/file*' /foo /dest/of/backup
> >
> > (note the quotes)
> >
> > And, well, the whole command is this:
> >
> > rdiff-backup --exclude '/home/virtual/dovecot*' /home/virtual /backup
>
> Hmm, the problem is that there are no dovecot* files present in 
> /home/virtual itself, but they do appear in the many sub-directories.

Jason provided me with the correct syntax:

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To skip anything within the backup path that matches try something like

rdiff-backup --exclude '**dovecot**' /home/virtual /backup

The documentation is a bit slack on it - you need to infer that the
--include option would work the same way for the --exclude.
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Thanks, Jason and anyone else who replied!  :-)


Greetings,
        Evert