[rdiff-backup-users] Re: New user, some simple questions

[Daryl Styrk]

Daryl Styrk wrote:
> I currently have a simple script to run
>
> rdiff-backup --exclude /home/daryl/Downloads/ /home/daryl/ 
> /media/Lacie/daryl_backup
>
> However testing --exclude by dropping test.txt in ~/Downloads shows that 
> the directory is still being copied over.  Is this because the first 
> time I ran rdiff to the target I did not include --exclude in my script?

I solved this by removing /Downloads manually from the destination.  Now 
that is does not exist on the target, the script properly --excludes 
/Downloads at the source.



Daryl