Re: [rdiff-backup-users] how to use wildcird to include hidden config files from home folder

[Andreas Olsson]

> rdiff-backup --print-statistics --terminal-verbosity 2 \
> --include ~/Documents/Magveda\,\ UAB/rastai/ \
> --include ~/Documents/Magveda\,\ UAB/saskaitos/ \
> --include ~/.fonts \
> --include ~/.vim \
> --include ~/.config/mc \
> --include "~/.bash*" \
> --exclude '**' \
> ~/ ~/Backup/
> 
> I get error:
> 
> Fatal Error: Fatal Error: The file specification
>     '~/.bash*'
> cannot match any files in the base directory
> 
> What is wrong here?..

In the "~/.bash*" case the quotes makes rdiff-backup handle the path
without doing any shell expansion, which is necessary for the * wildcard
to work as intended. The downside being that rdiff-backup has no idea
what to do the ~ reference.

Luckily, as long as you use regular quotes variables will still be
expanded. Hence, the following will do the trick.

  --include "$HOME/.bash*" \

// Andreas