Hi Patrick, Thanks for your response. On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:05:38 -0430 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 14:11 -0800, suvayu ali wrote: > > > In other words I wanted to rsnapshot to backup _only_ the > > directories/files explicitly specified and skip everythign else. > > > > I have the following rule in my /etc/rsnapshot.conf: > > exclude_file /etc/rsnapshot-exclude > > where /etc/rsnapshot-exclude contains the following: > > .adobe/ > .alexandria/ > .amaya/ > ...<snipped> Yes I follow that, but my problem is this exclude list needs to be updated everytime I create a new directory (maybe I try out some new application) or file (which I don't really want to backup). I only want to backup certian directories/files. > *.o > *.flv > *.mpg > *.mov > *.torrent > This however helped me. With this I can consistently ignore certain file types I don't want to backup ever e.g. downloaded video files or object/binary files from compilations. I can't do the same for stray text files I usually end up with when trying to experiment with coding or looking at log files or temporarily generated list of things with grep, temporarily downloaded pdf files (I can't ignore all pdfs as I want to keep papers or notes I am interested in) and many others like that. I wish to understand the filter so that I can build the entire rule set in layers. Something like this, 1. ignore all files 2. add backup_root/dir1 3. add backup_root/some_file So the subsequent layers overrule (I think logically its an OR) the previous rule set. This way the backup process will ignore files unless other wise specified. Is that possible? Or am I asking for something which is achieved more easily/differently? > > poc > Thanks for any thoughts. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
