[Box Backup] multiple Path and/or ExcludeDir

boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:36:14 +0200


Hello,

> Can you do a
> 
>   list -rotds
> 
> in the full-system directory, and see what it says?

List of /boot and /proc directories with all contents. But no more dirs.

> Is there anything useful in the logs? Turn on ExtendedLogging in both 
> client and server, and report any errors.

I will try if I can't solve my problem on other way.

> >>However, you should not do this if you have multiple partitions. Each
> >>partition should have it's own entry. File rename tracking doesn't 
> >>work
> >>if you multiple partition mounted below the Path in one of these
> >>specifications.
> >
> >Thanks, I have the following partitions:
> >
> >/boot  hda1
> >/      hda2
> >/usr   hda3
> >swap   hda5
> >/var   hda6
> >/other hda7
> 
> I recommend you create separate entries for each directory within the 
> root directory that you want to back up. You really do not want to have 
> mount points within these directories, which you do at the moment.

I try with the next config:

full-system
{
    Path = /
    ExcludeDirsRegex = (proc|sys)
}

This is working. Skip the /proc and /sys dirs.

Thanks.
Amily