Re: [Duplicity-talk] Does duplicity include dotfiles by default?

[Kenneth Loafman]

It allows, and stores, symlinks.  It just does not follow them.  A
symlink is just a file.  It's not even necessary that a symlink contain
a pointer to another file, it could be a timestamp or other information,
like this:

address@hidden:~$ ln -s "`date -Ru`" foo
address@hidden:~$ ll foo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ken ken 31 2009-10-10 07:12 foo -> Sat, 10 Oct 2009
12:12:02 +0000

...Ken

Benjamin Dell wrote:
> Ah i see, so duplicity literally doesnt allow symlinks, even if
> specifically listed
> 
> 
> *Benjamin Dell*
> Director
> ------------------------------------------
> *Raw Jam Ltd*
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> m: +447515 854 203
> w: www.rawjam.co.uk <http://www.rawjam.co.uk/>
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> On 10 Oct 2009, at 12:39, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> 
>> Include the target of the symlink, not the symlink itself, and yes it
>> will include all dot files and folders.
>>
>> ...Ken
>>
>> Benjamin Dell wrote:
>>> Ahhh ok, that would make sense. So presumably if i just include the
>>> symlink (in this case the root of my mail director) it will then
>>> recursively backup ALL files in that folder AND include all hidden / dot
>>> files and folders?
>>>
>>>
>>> *Benjamin Dell*
>>> Director
>>> ------------------------------------------
>>> *Raw Jam Ltd*
>>> t: +441344 667 323
>>> m: +447515 854 203
>>> w: www.rawjam.co.uk <http://www.rawjam.co.uk> <http://www.rawjam.co.uk/>
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>>>
>>> On 10 Oct 2009, at 12:26, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry, not enough coffee yet this morning... I misread your question.
>>>>
>>>> Duplicity does include the symlinks, but does not follow them.
>>>> Following a symlink is a dangerous activity for any backup since
>>>> symlinks can produce recursive cycles.  If you want to include the
>>>> symlinked contents, that will need to be specified individually.
>>>>
>>>> ...Ken
>>>>
>>>> Benjamin Dell wrote:
>>>>> That's good to know, is there a chance my script is excluding them?
>>>>> because my backup archive file doesnt seem to be anywhere near the size
>>>>> i would expect it to be.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Benjamin Dell*
>>>>> Director
>>>>> ------------------------------------------
>>>>> *Raw Jam Ltd*
>>>>> t: +441344 667 323
>>>>> m: +447515 854 203
>>>>> w: www.rawjam.co.uk <http://www.rawjam.co.uk>
>>>>> <http://www.rawjam.co.uk> <http://www.rawjam.co.uk/>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10 Oct 2009, at 11:20, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, it does include all dotfiles and symlinks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...Ken
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Benjamin Dell wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a very simple include list of two directories, as follows:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> INCLIST=( "/home/ben/backups" \
>>>>>>>        "/home/ben/sites" \
>>>>>>>      )
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can anyone tell me whether this will, by default, include all sub
>>>>>>> directories AND include all dotfiles? Reason I ask, is that in the
>>>>>>> backups folder above I include a symlink to the root maildir,
>>>>>>> which is
>>>>>>> built upon a number of dot based directories. I need to make sure
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> it is include all dot files and directories by default, but I
>>>>>>> have not
>>>>>>> been able to confirm this by reading through the documentation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can anyone give me a definitive answer, or what needs to be done to
>>>>>>> achieve this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Benjamin Dell*
>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> *Raw Jam Ltd*
>>>>>>> t: +441344 667 323
>>>>>>> m: +447515 854 203
>>>>>>> w: www.rawjam.co.uk <http://www.rawjam.co.uk>
>>>>>>> <http://www.rawjam.co.uk>
>>>>>>> <http://www.rawjam.co.uk> <http://www.rawjam.co.uk/>
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