[BlueOnyx:06977] Re: Exclude Directory in RaqBackup.sh

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Don Teague wrote:
> I know you can exclude a directory in RaqBackup, and that you can even 
> add more than one directory to the list. When I tested it out, I noticed 
> that it renames the directories that you are excluding from the backup.
> 
> I want to exclude some data from the backup, as I have multiple sources 
> of the data. (These are large video files. Since they never change, no 
> use in backing them up each night in my opinion.)
> 
> Is there a way to exclude content from the backup without it renaming 
> the directory during the backup?

Other than the raqbackup.sh-provided method of setting the exclude dir, 
I'm not aware.  Recall that raqbackup.sh simply calls cmuExport to run 
the backups, and there is not a provision in the CMU tools for path 
exclusion.

Note that it *has* been suggested here: 
http://devel.blueonyx.it/trac/ticket/7

But given other priorities, it's likely going to take somebody taking 
the bull by the horns on it.

Raqbackup.sh works around the lack of exclude in CMU by forcing a "mv" 
on the path before CMU runs, then performs the "mv" back when CMU is 
done.  That method has its obvious limitations.

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