Re: [Duplicity-talk] Does duplicity include dotfiles by default?

[Benjamin Dell]

Ahhh ok, that would make sense. So presumably if i just include the symlink (in this case the root of my mail director) it will then recursively backup ALL files in that folder AND include all hidden / dot files and folders?

Benjamin Dell
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On 10 Oct 2009, at 12:26, Kenneth Loafman wrote:

Sorry, not enough coffee yet this morning... I misread your question.

Duplicity does include the symlinks, but does not follow them.
Following a symlink is a dangerous activity for any backup since
symlinks can produce recursive cycles.  If you want to include the
symlinked contents, that will need to be specified individually.

...Ken

Benjamin Dell wrote:

That's good to know, is there a chance my script is excluding them?

because my backup archive file doesnt seem to be anywhere near the size

i would expect it to be.

*Benjamin Dell*

Director

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On 10 Oct 2009, at 11:20, Kenneth Loafman wrote:

Yes, it does include all dotfiles and symlinks.

...Ken

Benjamin Dell wrote:

Hi,

I have a very simple include list of two directories, as follows:

INCLIST=( "/home/ben/backups" \

        "/home/ben/sites" \

      )

Can anyone tell me whether this will, by default, include all sub

directories AND include all dotfiles? Reason I ask, is that in the

backups folder above I include a symlink to the root maildir, which is

built upon a number of dot based directories. I need to make sure that

it is include all dot files and directories by default, but I have not

been able to confirm this by reading through the documentation.

Can anyone give me a definitive answer, or what needs to be done to

achieve this?

Thanks

Ben

*Benjamin Dell*

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