Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Troubles with --include-list and --exclude-list options

[Peter Bosgraaf]

Hi Roland,

On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 11:36:59PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> could you please break this down to a minimalistic example / repro-case ?

Shure, no problem at all.

> ok, i`m trying to do this myself - for example you want
> 
> 1.
> backup all except /home
> 

rdiff-backup --include-filelist include.txt --exclude-filelist
exclude.txt address@hidden::/ /backup/lun/my.webserver.com

include.txt is empty
exclude.txt is empty

Behaviour i want/expected is to backup /

> 2.
> backup nothing, but /home
> 

rdiff-backup --include-filelist include.txt --exclude-filelist
exclude.txt address@hidden::/ /backup/lun/my.webserver.com

include.txt
/data

exclude.txt
/

Behaviour i want/expected is to backup _only_ the files/directories in /data


Cheers,

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