[Box Backup] ExcludeDir/AlwaysIncludeDir does not work

Nigel Marsh boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:49:24 +0000


On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 18:40 +0100, J. Meyers wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> 
> I have one small problem with ExcludeDir/AlwaysIncludeDir. Until yesterday I 
> had the following config without the AlwaysIncludeDir directive, then I 
> added it but with no effect and also no errors in syslog (sure, I restarted 
> bbackupd ;-). /var/www/dir1/html/webalizer still doesn't get backuped.
> 
>         var-www
>         {
>                 Path = /var/www
>                 ExcludeDir = /var/www/dir1
>                 ExcludeDir = /var/www/dir2/files
>                 ExcludeDir = /var/www/dir3/files
>                 AlwaysIncludeDir = /var/www/dir1/html/webalizer
>         }
> 
> 
> I could specify a new backup name, but maybe someone has an idea why this 
> include doesn't work.
> 
Could be because Webalizer files are usually updated once an hour so,
they never get to be the default six hours old before they are backed
up.
> 
> Thanks,
> J. 
> 
Nige