Re: @hi, about pattern problem with hdup and tar

[On 08 Jul, @05:56, Miroslav wrote in "[hdup-user] @hi, about pattern ..."]
> hi,
> 
> i have trouble using pattern in hdup.conf like this:
> dir = /home/*/Maildir (simple way for backup only users mail)
> 
> getting error:
> /usr/bin/tar: /home/*/Maildir: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
> 
> but i am using this pattern direct with tar without any trouble like this:
> /usr/bin/tar -cf /backup/mail.tar /home/*/Maildir

well the difference here is, that in the second case you have a shell
that is expanding the '*' for tar. Hdup doesn't know about globbing 
characters, at least not in the dir= directive. So the '*' above isn't
expanded.

Maybe the include keyword comes in handy here?

grtz,
--Miek