Re: [rdiff-backup-users] How do I backup only one file ?

[Scott Carpenter]

Andreas Olsson spake thusly on 02/09/2010 08:14 AM:
> On Tuesday 09 February 2010 10:10:08 peters wrote:
> > Could someone give me the command line to back up only one file (let's say
> >  /etc/passwd) ?
>
> rdiff-backup --include=/etc/passwd --exclude='**' /etc/ /destination/path
>
> That is, you do one explicit include, followed by excluding everything else.
>
> // Andreas
Is this a scenario where you have a complete backup set, but once in a 
while you just want to back up the one file?  If so, I don't know if 
there's a good way to do that.  If you run the command Andreas has given 
(which looks correct!), I think it would blow away all the other files 
your backup set that don't match.

And using rdiff-backup for only one file seems of limited usefulness.

Scott