Re: [rdiff-backup-users] PATCH: Exclude if present

[Jeff Strunk]

On Friday 16 March 2007 10:58 pm, address@hidden wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Jeff Strunk wrote:
> > I just checked to make sure, but your example only excludes files
> > named .NOBACKUP . --exclude-if-present excludes the entire directory.
>
> Ahh, so you place a .NOBACKUP file in directories which should not be
> backed up?  I misunderstood your intent.  I thought it simply did not
> backup directories named .NOBACKUP so you might put your un-important
> files in /mnt/data/.NOBACKUP/foo/bar/whatever.
>
> I think I like the ability of both options; it makes it easy for users to
> exclude directories without breaking their director hierarchy.  Do I
> understand correctly what is happening here?

This is correct.

>
> -Eric
>
> > Example:
> > $ ls -a test1
> > .  ..  file1  test2  test4
> > $ ls -a test1/test2
> > .  ..  file1  .NOBACKUP  test3
> > $ /tmp/bin/rdiff-backup --exclude /**/.NOBACKUP /tmp/test1
> > /tmp/backup_test $ ls -a  backup_test
> > .  ..  file1  rdiff-backup-data  test2  test4
> > $ ls -a  backup_test/test2/
> > .  ..  file1  test3
> > $ /tmp/bin/rdiff-backup --exclude-if-present .NOBACKUP /tmp/test1
> > /tmp/backup_test2 $ ls -a  backup_test2
> > .  ..  file1  rdiff-backup-data  test4
> >
> > -Jeff
> >
> > On Friday 16 March 2007 6:20 pm, address@hidden wrote:
> >> How similar to this is rdiff-backup --exclude /**/.NOBACKUP ?
> >>
> >> -Eric
> >>
> >> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, dean gaudet wrote:
> >>> excellent, i've wanted this feature... i'll apply it next time i'm
> >>> running through patches.  any chance you could do a 1.1.x port as well?
> >>>
> >>> thanks
> >>> -dean
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Jeff Strunk wrote:
> >>>> I have a small contribution to make in the form of a simple selection
> >>>> function.
> >>>>
> >>>> My company has found that we needed a way for users to say that
> >>>> particular directories shouldn't get backed up. The attached patch
> >>>> adds the --exclude-if-present option. It has been tested with 1.0.4
> >>>> and 1.0.5.
> >>>>
> >>>> I documented it on the wiki at
> >>>> http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/ExcludeIfPresent .
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Jeff Strunk
> >>>> IT Administrator
> >>>> Enthought, Inc.
> >>>
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