[Box Backup] Windows regex help

Timothy Wilson boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Thu, 29 May 2008 22:52:27 +1000


Hello Peter,

Thanks for the prompt response. It's now connecting and transferring,
I'll check on it in the morning to see if it's worked.

Thanks very much!!

Timothy.

2008/5/29 Peter Jalajas, GigaLock Backup Services <pjalajas@gigalock.com>:
> Hi Timothy,
>
> I'm not sure, but I think this line:
>>                AlwaysIncludeDirsRegex = D:\BU08\.*
> should be more like:
>>                AlwaysIncludeDirsRegex = D:\\BU08.*
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Pete
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Timothy Wilson
> <timothy.wilson87@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> I've read the wiki and the mailling lists, but I can't seem to find
>> the regex I need.
>>
>> I'm using the windows client. All I want to do is backup a bunch of
>> BU08xxxx folders. So I have a hierarchy like this:
>>
>> D:\
>> D:\somefolder
>> D:\somefiles.zip
>> D:\somefiles2.zip
>> D:\BU080521
>> D:\BU080522
>> D:\BU080523
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> At the moment I have the following regex:
>>
>>                Path = D:\
>>                # So we don't copy gb's and gb's of old data
>>                ExcludeFilesRegex = D:\\.*$
>>                ExcludeDirsRegex = D:\\.*$
>>                AlwaysIncludeDirsRegex = D:\BU08\.*
>>
>>
>> But this doesn't backup anything!! In the logs, box connects, then
>> disconnects straight away, so I know it's a problem with my regex. Can
>> someone please help?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Timothy.
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