Re: How to exclude all dotfiles in a folder but include a specific set?

[EricZolf]

You could try to use the cygwin version of rdiff-backup, because cygwin maps 
all drives under /cygdrive. Disclaimer: I didn't try and it's been ages since I 
used last cygwin.

KR, Eric 

On January 10, 2023 12:52:09 PM UTC, Patrik Dufresne <patrik@ikus-soft.com> 
wrote:
>On windows, if you want to backup C: and H: you must execute rdiff-backup
>twice. Once for C: and another for H: with a different destination.
>
>I tried to quickly search the documentation for a reference, but I could
>not find it...
>
>
>On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 1:03 AM <qx6uwumzvv@liamekaens.com> wrote:
>
>> Nice, I haven't used --include/exclude before, but I have a use case now
>> so I want to try it.
>>
>> How do I make this work on Windows where there isn't (AFAIK) a common
>> root for all the drives?  For example I want to do
>> rdiff-backup \
>>      --include C:/from1 \
>>      --exclude C:/from1/exclude1 \
>>      --exclude C:/from1/exclude2 \
>>      --include H:/from2 \
>>      --exclude H:/from2/exclude3 \
>>      --include C:/from3 \
>>     sourcedir \\nas4free\my-backup.rdiff-backup
>> but I don't know what I can use for sourcedir that will allow me to
>> include directories from both C: and H:.  The 3 included directories are
>> all logically related so I prefer to back them up to a single
>> repository.  Is there a way to do this on Windows?
>>
>>
>> On 2023-01-09 12:30, EricZolf ewl+rdiffbackup-at-lavar.de
>> |rdiff-backup-users| wrote:
>> > Order does indeed matter _ and_ there is an implicit include "all" at
>> the end, so that the slightly simpler following command should also work:
>> >
>> > rdiff-backup --terminal-verbosity 5 \
>> > --include /tmp/from/.2 \
>> > --exclude /tmp/from/.\* \
>> > --exclude /tmp/from/2 \
>> > /tmp/from ./to.
>> >
>> > It basically depends if you want to save the full path or not.
>> >
>> > K R, Eric.
>> >
>> > On January 9, 2023 11:42:10 AM UTC, Tobias Leupold <tl@stonemx.de>
>> wrote:
>> >> Yay, I made it :-D ;-)
>> >>
>> >> The --include and --exclude order actually DOES matter.
>> >>
>> >> If invoked like so:
>> >>
>> >>     rdiff-backup --terminal-verbosity 5 \
>> >>         --include /tmp/from/.2 \
>> >>         --exclude /tmp/from/.\* \
>> >>         --exclude /tmp/from/2 \
>> >>         --include /tmp/from/\* \
>> >>         --exclude / \
>> >>         / ./to
>> >>
>> >> I get what I want:
>> >>
>> >>     Processing changed file .
>> >>     Processing changed file tmp
>> >>     Processing changed file tmp/from
>> >>     Processing changed file tmp/from/.2
>> >>     Processing changed file tmp/from/1
>> >>     Processing changed file tmp/from/3
>> >>
>> >> A bit hard to figure out, but it works!
>> >>
>> >> Thanks again for helping!
>> >>
>> >> Am Montag, 9. Januar 2023, 10:31:53 CET schrieb Tobias Leupold:
>> >>> Hi Eric!
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks for yout reply!
>> >>>
>> >>> The problem is that I don't know the complete list of the "normal"
>> >>> folders I want to include. But I know a complete list of dotfiles I
>> want
>> >>> to include.
>> >>>
>> >>> So, if we have
>> >>>
>> >>> /tmp/from/1
>> >>> /tmp/from/2
>> >>> /tmp/from/3
>> >>> /tmp/from/.1
>> >>> /tmp/from/.2
>> >>> /tmp/from/.3
>> >>>
>> >>> I want to exclude all the files starting with a ., but include a list
>> of
>> >>> specific files starting with a ".", e.g. /tmp/from/.2 (at this point,
>> >>> it's not a problem yet I think ...).
>> >>>
>> >>> But I also want to include all the regular files and folders from
>> >>> /tmp/from, with e.g. the exception of /tmp/from/2. But I don't know the
>> >>> list to include. And that's the problem -- there could also be
>> >>> /tmp/from/4, /tmp/from/5 and so on.
>> >>>
>> >>> Now if I do
>> >>>
>> >>>       rdiff-backup \
>> >>>           --include /tmp/from/\* \
>> >>>           --exclude /tmp/from/2 \
>> >>>           --include /tmp/from/.2 \
>> >>>           --exclude /tmp/from/.\* \
>> >>>           --exclude / \
>> >>>           / ./to
>> >>>
>> >>> all the files from /tmp/from are included (also /tmp/from/2 and all the
>> >>> /tmp/from/.whatever files) no matter the order of the --include and
>> >>> --exclude statements.
>> >>>
>> >>> I also tried to mess with --include-regexp, but e.g. this:
>> >>>
>> >>>       rdiff-backup --terminal-verbosity 5 \
>> >>>           --include-regexp "/tmp/from/[^\.].+" \
>> >>>           --exclude / \
>> >>>           / ./to
>> >>>
>> >>> leads to no files included at all ...
>> >>>
>> >>> Am 09.01.23 um 07:16 schrieb Eric Zolf:
>> >>>> Hi Tobias,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> what about something like:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> mkdir /tmp/from
>> >>>> touch /tmp/from/.{un,}wanted /tmp/from/also{un,}wanted
>> >>>>
>> >>>> rdiff-backup -v5 backup \
>> >>>>
>> >>>>       --include /tmp/from/.wanted --exclude /tmp/from/.\* \
>> >>>>       --include /tmp/from/alsowanted --exclude /tmp/from/\* \
>> >>>>       /tmp/from /tmp/bak
>> >>>>
>> >>>> (and /tmp/bak contains then only the wanted files)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> So first the includes, then the corresponding excludes. It shouldn't
>> >>>> make a difference if from the command line using --include/exclude or
>> >>>> using files with --include/exclude-globbing-filelist
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hope this helps,
>> >>>> Eric
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 08/01/2023 23:32, Tobias Leupold wrote:
>> >>>>> Dear list,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I use rdiff-backup to do automated backups on my server. I backup /,
>> >>>>> but I
>> >>>>> exclude everything and only include what I need. E.g. I use the
>> >>>>> following call
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>       rdiff-backup --include-globbing-filelist /etc/backup.include \
>> >>>>>                    --exclude / \
>> >>>>>                    / /backup/data
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> and specify a list of folders I want in /etc/backup.include, e.g.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>       /etc/crontab
>> >>>>>       /etc/postfix
>> >>>>>       /etc/dovecot
>> >>>>>       /usr/local/bin
>> >>>>>       /usr/local/sbin
>> >>>>>       /srv
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> That works just fine.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Now I'm trying to adapt this to a machine with similar requirements,
>> but
>> >>>>> including some parts of a home directory.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> What I can't get to work is: I want to include the home directory,
>> but
>> >>>>> without
>> >>>>> all the .whatever files. But I want SOME of them.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> E.g. I want:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>       /etc/some/config_file
>> >>>>>       /etc/some/other/config_file
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> And also all the "normal" files and folders in /home/my_user
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>       /home/my_user/folder_1
>> >>>>>       /home/my_user/folder_2
>> >>>>>       /home/my_user/foo
>> >>>>>       /home/my_user/bar
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> and so on, but I don't want
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>       /home/my_user/.*
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> but I DO want a defined set of dotfiles, e.g.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>       /home/my_user/.ssh
>> >>>>>       /home/my_user/.local/share/foo
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I can't get this to work. I played around a lot with
>> --include-globbing-
>> >>>>> filelist, --exclude-globbing-filelist, --include and --exclude, but
>> >>>>> either, I
>> >>>>> get none of the .whatever files inside /home/my_user, or I get all of
>> >>>>> them.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance for all help!
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Cheers, Tobias
>> >>
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