[Box Backup-commit] COMMIT r1792 - box/chris/general/bin/bbackupd

boxbackup-dev at fluffy.co.uk boxbackup-dev at fluffy.co.uk
Sun Aug 5 20:40:15 BST 2007


Author: chris
Date: 2007-08-05 20:40:15 +0100 (Sun, 05 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 1792

Modified:
   box/chris/general/bin/bbackupd/bbackupd-config.in
Log:
Fix documentation comments on ExcludeDir/AlwaysInclude.

Fix warning about mounted filesystems to reflect current reality.

(refs #3, merges [1791])


Modified: box/chris/general/bin/bbackupd/bbackupd-config.in
===================================================================
--- box/chris/general/bin/bbackupd/bbackupd-config.in	2007-08-05 19:39:42 UTC (rev 1791)
+++ box/chris/general/bin/bbackupd/bbackupd-config.in	2007-08-05 19:40:15 UTC (rev 1792)
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@
 print '      ',$_,"\n" for(@tobackup);
 print <<__E;
 
-Note: If other file systems are mounted inside these directories, then problems may occur
-with files on the store server being renamed incorrectly. This will cause efficiency
-problems, but not affect the integrity of the backups.
+Note: If other file systems are mounted inside these directories, then
+they will NOT be backed up. You will have to create separate locations for
+any mounted filesystems inside your backup locations.
 
 WARNING: Directories not checked against mountpoints. Check mounted filesystems manually.
 
@@ -425,7 +425,24 @@
 # files, except one MP3 file in particular.
 # 
 # In general, Exclude excludes a file or directory, unless the directory is
-# explicitly mentioned in a AlwaysInclude directive.
+# explicitly mentioned in a AlwaysInclude directive. However, Box Backup
+# does NOT scan inside excluded directories and will never back up an
+# AlwaysIncluded file or directory inside an excluded directory or any
+# subdirectory thereof.
+#
+# To back up a directory inside an excluded directory, use a configuration
+# like this, to ensure that each directory in the path to the important
+# files is included, but none of their contents will be backed up except
+# the directories futher down that path to the important one.
+#
+# ExcludeDirsRegex = /home/user/bigfiles/.*
+# ExcludeFilesRegex = /home/user/bigfiles/.*
+# AlwaysIncludeDir = /home/user/bigfiles/path
+# AlwaysIncludeDir = /home/user/bigfiles/path/to
+# AlwaysIncludeDir = /home/user/bigfiles/path/important
+# AlwaysIncludeDir = /home/user/bigfiles/path/important/files
+# AlwaysIncludeDirsRegex = /home/user/bigfiles/path/important/files/.*
+# AlwaysIncludeFilesRegex = /home/user/bigfiles/path/important/files/.*
 # 
 # If a directive ends in Regex, then it is a regular expression rather than a
 # explicit full pathname. See




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