Re: [rdiff-backup-users] PATCH: Exclude if present

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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Jeff Strunk wrote:

> I just checked to make sure, but your example only excludes files
> named .NOBACKUP . --exclude-if-present excludes the entire directory.

Ahh, so you place a .NOBACKUP file in directories which should not be 
backed up?  I misunderstood your intent.  I thought it simply did not 
backup directories named .NOBACKUP so you might put your un-important 
files in /mnt/data/.NOBACKUP/foo/bar/whatever.

I think I like the ability of both options; it makes it easy for users to 
exclude directories without breaking their director hierarchy.  Do I 
understand correctly what is happening here?

-Eric

> Example:
> $ ls -a test1
> .  ..  file1  test2  test4
> $ ls -a test1/test2
> .  ..  file1  .NOBACKUP  test3
> $ /tmp/bin/rdiff-backup --exclude /**/.NOBACKUP /tmp/test1 /tmp/backup_test
> $ ls -a  backup_test
> .  ..  file1  rdiff-backup-data  test2  test4
> $ ls -a  backup_test/test2/
> .  ..  file1  test3
> $ /tmp/bin/rdiff-backup --exclude-if-present .NOBACKUP /tmp/test1 
> /tmp/backup_test2
> $ ls -a  backup_test2
> .  ..  file1  rdiff-backup-data  test4
>
> -Jeff
>
> On Friday 16 March 2007 6:20 pm, address@hidden wrote:
> > How similar to this is rdiff-backup --exclude /**/.NOBACKUP ?
> >
> > -Eric
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, dean gaudet wrote:
> > > excellent, i've wanted this feature... i'll apply it next time i'm
> > > running through patches.  any chance you could do a 1.1.x port as well?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > -dean
> > >
> > > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Jeff Strunk wrote:
> > > > I have a small contribution to make in the form of a simple selection
> > > > function.
> > > >
> > > > My company has found that we needed a way for users to say that
> > > > particular directories shouldn't get backed up. The attached patch adds
> > > > the --exclude-if-present option. It has been tested with 1.0.4 and
> > > > 1.0.5.
> > > >
> > > > I documented it on the wiki at
> > > > http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/ExcludeIfPresent .
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jeff Strunk
> > > > IT Administrator
> > > > Enthought, Inc.
> > >
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