Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Fatal Error: Last selection expression:

[Dominic]

Hi Hanpedro,

I will try to explain a little more clearly. Your command line is 
backing up the source folder '/'. This folder contains /etc which 
contains /etc/ssh which contain /etc/ssh/*, so there is no need to 
include /etc/ssh/* a second time in the include-globbing-filelist 
/root/backuplist.txt.

Try removing the line '/etc/ssh/*' from /root/backuplist.txt, then run 
the backup command and have a look in the repository (that is, the 
destination) - you should find the contents of /etc/ssh/* at 
/var/_backup/etc/ssh.

[As I understand it from reading the section in man, the purpose of the 
'--include' option (and related options) is to re-include files that 
have been excluded by an '--exclude' option (and related options) 
appearing later on the command line (later because the options are 
processed in reverse order). You cannot include files or directories 
with an '--include' option that are not in the original source directory.]

Regards

Dominic

hanpedro wrote:
> Dominic,
>
> Thanks for your kind comment.
>
> My previous quote is mistake.
> Actually I couldn't see your message. 
>
> My browser has some problem.....
>
> About "Solution is to remove this line from /root/backuplist.txt ", I want to 
> backup /etc/ssh/*.
>
> Anyway, I will try and ask you again.
>
>
>
> Dominic wrote:
>   
> > My guess is that your file /root/backuplist.txt has in it a line
> >
> >     
> > > /etc/ssh/*
> > >       
> >  and this is causing rdiff-backup to fail (because, as it explains, you are trying to include something that would be included anyway and so it thinks you must have made a mistake). Solution is to remove this line from /root/backuplist.txt 
> >
> > Dominic
> >
> > hanpedro wrote: 
> >     
> > >       
> > > > ****This is an edited version of a previous post****
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've installed rdiff-backup as follows:
> > > >
> > > > vista x64 : cygwin with rdiff-backup 1.2.1
> > > > centos 5.2 on vmware : rdiff-backup 1.2.2
> > > >
> > > > Command: rdiff-backup --force --print-statistics --include-globbing-filelist 
> > > > /root/backuplist.txt / identityname::/var/_backup
> > > >
> > > > error message:
> > > > [root:localhost:~]# rdiff-backup --force --print-statistics 
> > > > --include-globbing-filelist /root/backuplist.txt / identityname::/var/_backup
> > > > Warning: Local version 1.2.2 does not match remote version 1.2.1.
> > > > Fatal Error: Last selection expression:
> > > > Command-line include glob: /etc/ssh/*
> > > > only specifies that files be included.  Because the default is to
> > > > include all files, the expression is redundant.  Exiting because this
> > > > probably isn't what you meant.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Any comment would be appreciated.