Re: doc patch for $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:29:37PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Steve M. Robbins <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> rsync(1), you'll agree that the matter of specifying exclude and include
> >> patterns is rather complex. This is clearly beyond the scope of config.pl (or
> >> BackupPC.pod).
> >
> > Perhaps.  As a user, however, I'd vastly prefer a configuration
> > language that would abstract away all the varying details so that
> 
> But such an abstraction could only use the lowest common denominator
> of capabilities...

Maybe.  Or maybe it could emulate something more sophisticated.


> >  1. I do not have to read the manpage for tar or rsync or smb, and
> 
> And administrators already familiar with their tools would have to
> learn yet another way to express what they want...

For sure, there is a tradeoff.  Opinions will vary.  All I'm saying is
that my bias is towards a uniform interface -- perhaps because I don't
already have familiarity with rsync or tar.

Regards,
-Steve

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