[rdiff-backup-users] Re: multiple directories

[Terry]

> > On Sunday 28 December 2008 17:16:31 Terry wrote:
>   
> > > > I have an include list
> > > >...
> > > > and I try
> > > > rdiff-backup --include-filelist /root/rdiff-inc  /usb-drive/rdiff
> >     
> >
> > You still need to include a source directory. Perhaps something like this
> > will work for you?
> >
> > rdiff-backup --include-filelist /root/rdiff-inc --exclude '**' / 
> > /usb-drive/rdiff
>   

Actually, depending on what you want to do, --include-globbing-filelist might 
be a better option to use.

// Andreas

Thanks Andreas include-filelist gave me empty directories but 
--include-globbing-filelist
worked a treat
rdiff-backup -v5 --print-statistics --include-globbing-filelist /root/rdiff-inc 
--exclude '**' / /usb-drive/rdiff


--------------[ Session statistics ]--------------
StartTime 1230559120.00 (Mon Dec 29 13:58:40 2008)
EndTime 1230559191.43 (Mon Dec 29 13:59:51 2008)
ElapsedTime 71.43 (1 minute 11.43 seconds)
SourceFiles 703
SourceFileSize 1538204 (1.47 MB)
MirrorFiles 3882
MirrorFileSize 201897640 (193 MB)
NewFiles 507
NewFileSize 787930 (769 KB)
DeletedFiles 3686
DeletedFileSize 201147366 (192 MB)
ChangedFiles 3
ChangedSourceSize 0 (0 bytes)
ChangedMirrorSize 0 (0 bytes)
IncrementFiles 4196
IncrementFileSize 190201311 (181 MB)
TotalDestinationSizeChange -10158125 (-9.69 MB)
Errors 0
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So now its working I need to under stand what this part does --exclude '**' /
Because with out it the cmd fails and I cant understand why I need to exclude 
any thing.
I am sure it will be so obvious once explained and I will feel a bit of a idiot

Thanks for your help