Re: [rdiff-backup-users] exclude parent directory of a file

[roland]

hi !

let me guess, you are a legato networker user and are used to do the same 
with .nsr directives ?

thinking about this, i think it could be useful to have something with 
rdiff-backup, too.

what about extending rdiff-backup and making it look for e.g. ".rdiff-info" 
files in every subdir, which can contain appropriate include/exclude 
statements, so an ordinary
user can judge about what to backup and what not?

i often use .nsr directives to exclude whole directory trees from networker 
backup, because otherwise i would need to call it-department, telling them 
to exclud my "temporary 100gig workarea" and waiting half an hour to get 
this done - just to safe _their_ precious space on backup-tape.

regards
roland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andi Siptak" <address@hidden>
To: "Chris Wilson" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] exclude parent directory of a file


> Am 13. Jul 2006 um 01:44:19 +0100, schrieb Chris Wilson:
> > > How can I exclude the parent directory of a file when backing up with 
> > > rdiff-backup? I don't want to backup directories which contain the file 
> > > .nobackup
> >
> > Have you tried "--exclude **/.nobackup"?
>
> Yes, it correctly excludes the file .nobackup, but not more.
>
> cheers
> andi
>
>
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