[Box Backup] Windows Exclude Dir
Ben Summers
boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Mon, 4 Apr 2005 08:52:30 +0100
On 4 Apr 2005, at 04:07, Chris Hane wrote:
> I have the following backup location:
>
> BackupLocations
> {
> data
> {
> Path = C:\Data\
> ExcludeDir = C:\Data\music
> ExcludeDir = C:\Data\mysql
> ExcludeDir = C:\Data\Download
> ExcludeDir = C:\Data\Eudora
> }
> }
>
> I just looked at my data on the backup server and everything in the
> C:\Data\music directory is being backup ed. Did I miss something?
>
> Is the ExcludeDir command case sensitive? Altough, I have the correct
> case so I'm not sure that's the problem.
>
> Thoughts as to why this directory is being backup ed?
>
> Client: Windows XP (boxbackup v0.09fWin32 as reported by bbackupquery)
> Server: Linux (boxbackup latest)
Try removing the last \ from the Path ? It has to match on the entire
thing, and if it's not doing it quite right then you'll get problems.
Nick -- I assume you changed the directory separator to \ from / ? If
not, then that will be a problem too.
Ben