Re: Simple --exclude case fails?

[ewl+rdiffbackup]

Just after my email, I realized that the answer might be simple, the message 
might simply mean that the files have been _removed_ because excluded. Have you 
checked if they're still in your backup? Do they get listed as modified also on 
a 2nd run?

KR, Eric

On 26 January 2023 19:19:15 GMT+01:00, ewl+rdiffbackup@lavar.de wrote:
>Hi Johann,
>
>Sorry to answer negatively, but I also didn't want to just ignore you. 
>Rdiff-backup 2 is almost 3 years old and I have no clue about V1 any more.
>Reproduce the issue with V2.2 and I'll gladly look into it. Both versions are 
>mostly compatible, at least used locally, so the switch should be smooth.
>
>KR, Eric
>
>On 25 January 2023 02:44:51 GMT+01:00, Johann Schoonees 
><johann.schoonees@callaghaninnovation.govt.nz> wrote:
>>Dear List
>>
>>I've been using rdiff-backup reliably for several years - what a great 
>>program.
>>
>>I recently added a new --exclude option which rdiff-backup seems to ignore in 
>>my backup cron script.  The newly added line below is:
>>    --exclude "/root/snap" \
>>
>>However the output listing below shows directories and files under /root/snap 
>>being backed up up anyway.  The rest of the include/exclude hierarchy seems 
>>to behave as expected.  Details follow:
>>
>>$ uname -a
>>Linux <hostname> 4.15.0-202-generic #213-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 5 19:19:12 UTC 
>>2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>>rdiff-backup invocation inside my bash script:
>>nice -n 10 rdiff-backup -v5 \
>>    --exclude-device-files \
>>    --exclude-fifos \
>>    --exclude-other-filesystems \
>>    --exclude-sockets \
>>    --include "/etc" \
>>    --exclude "/home/*/.local/share/Trash" \
>>    --exclude "/home/*/.cache" \
>>    --exclude "/home/*/Downloads" \
>>    --exclude "/home/*/.dropbox*" \
>>    --exclude "/home/*/Dropbox/.dropbox.cache" \
>>    --exclude "/home/*/snap" \
>>    --exclude "/home/*/tmp" \
>>    --exclude "/home/guest" \
>>    --include "/home" \
>>    --exclude "/root/snap" \
>>    --include "/root" \
>>    --exclude "/usr/local/MATLAB" \
>>    --include "/usr/local" \
>>    --exclude "/usr" \
>>    --exclude "**" \
>>    /  /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff
>>
>>Output:
>>Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8
>>Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs
>>not supported by filesystem at /
>>escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at /
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>Detected abilities for source (read only) file system:
>>  Access control lists                         On
>>  Extended attributes                          On
>>  Windows access control lists                 Off
>>  Case sensitivity                             On
>>  Escape DOS devices                           Off
>>  Escape trailing spaces                       Off
>>  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
>>  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs
>>not supported by filesystem at 
>>/media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
>>escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at 
>>/media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>Detected abilities for destination (read/write) file system:
>>  Ownership changing                           On
>>  Hard linking                                 On
>>  fsync() directories                          On
>>  Directory inc permissions                    On
>>  High-bit permissions                         On
>>  Symlink permissions                          Off
>>  Extended filenames                           On
>>  Windows reserved filenames                   Off
>>  Access control lists                         On
>>  Extended attributes                          On
>>  Windows access control lists                 Off
>>  Case sensitivity                             On
>>  Escape DOS devices                           Off
>>  Escape trailing spaces                       Off
>>  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
>>  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>Backup: must_escape_dos_devices = 0
>>Starting increment operation / to /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff
>>Processing changed file .
>>Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff
>>Processing changed file etc
>>Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/etc
>>...
>>Processing changed file root
>>Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root
>>Processing changed file root/.bash_history
>>Incrementing mirror file 
>>/media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/.bash_history
>>...
>>Processing changed file root/.synaptic/synaptic.conf
>>Incrementing mirror file 
>>/media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/.synaptic/synaptic.conf
>>Processing changed file root/snap
>>Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap
>>Processing changed file root/snap/brave
>>Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap/brave
>>Processing changed file root/snap/brave/180
>>Incrementing mirror file 
>>/media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap/brave/180
>>Processing changed file root/snap/brave/180/.config
>>Incrementing mirror file 
>>/media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap/brave/180/.config
>>...
>>Processing changed file root/snap/brave/current
>>Incrementing mirror file 
>>/media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap/brave/current
>>Processing changed file usr
>>Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/usr
>>Processing changed file usr/local
>>Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/usr/local
>>...
>>
>>I've had to trim the output above, but the full output shows rdiff-backup 
>>working through the entire /root/snap hierarchy.
>>
>>Expected behaviour:
>>The /root/snap hierarchy excluded from backup.
>>
>>Am I doing something wrong in the rdiff-backup invocation?  is it a bug?
>>
>>I have just become aware of the new rdiff-backup version 2 and I should soon 
>>upgrade.  However I would in the meantime be grateful for any fix to my 
>>current backup problem.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Johann
>>
>>
>>
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