[Box Backup] How to include a single file?

Ben Summers boxbackup at fluffy.co.uk
Sat Jan 31 21:41:07 GMT 2004


On 31 Jan 2004, at 21:45, Eduardo Alvarenga wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>  I'm trying to backup "/bsd" (single file) and it is not working:
>
[snip]
>
>  The same thing happen when I try to specify something like
>  "/usr/local/bin/script.sh".
>
>
>  Any ideas?

The "Path" must be a directory, not a file. I suggest you create a 
directory on the same filesystem as the file you want to back up, and 
hard link the file into it (not symlink). Then backup that directory.

Is this a major limitation?

Ben






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