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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff trying to backup specified directory PLUS


From: Keith Edmunds
Subject: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff trying to backup specified directory PLUS root directory
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:12:02 +0000
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On 11/08/2006 3:06:18 PM +0000
Pete Dubler <address@hidden> said:

> When I go to run an incremental rdiff-backup, things proceed for many 
> hours as the system steps through the /data directory, then things get 
> messy... rdiff-backup starts to then attempt to backup  my root 
> directory into the destination directory.  So /bin, /etc, /usr, and the 
> rest are written to the destination directory
.
.
> rdiff-backup --exclude-globbing-filelist 
> /root/scripts/RDIFFBACKUPEXCLUDE /data address@hidden::/backup1/data

Are you CERTAIN that the command you quote above is attempting to backup
your root directory?




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