Simple --exclude case fails?
Johann Schoonees <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:44:51 +1300
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.rdiff-backup.general |
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Dear List I've been using rdiff-backup reliably for several years - what a great program. I recently added a new --exclude option which rdiff-backup seems to ignore in my backup cron script. The newly added line below is: --exclude "/root/snap" \ However the output listing below shows directories and files under /root/snap being backed up up anyway. The rest of the include/exclude hierarchy seems to behave as expected. Details follow: $ uname -a Linux <hostname> 4.15.0-202-generic #213-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 5 19:19:12 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux rdiff-backup invocation inside my bash script: nice -n 10 rdiff-backup -v5 \ --exclude-device-files \ --exclude-fifos \ --exclude-other-filesystems \ --exclude-sockets \ --include "/etc" \ --exclude "/home/*/.local/share/Trash" \ --exclude "/home/*/.cache" \ --exclude "/home/*/Downloads" \ --exclude "/home/*/.dropbox*" \ --exclude "/home/*/Dropbox/.dropbox.cache" \ --exclude "/home/*/snap" \ --exclude "/home/*/tmp" \ --exclude "/home/guest" \ --include "/home" \ --exclude "/root/snap" \ --include "/root" \ --exclude "/usr/local/MATLAB" \ --include "/usr/local" \ --exclude "/usr" \ --exclude "**" \ / /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff Output: Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8 Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs not supported by filesystem at / escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at / ----------------------------------------------------------------- Detected abilities for source (read only) file system: Access control lists On Extended attributes On Windows access control lists Off Case sensitivity On Escape DOS devices Off Escape trailing spaces Off Mac OS X style resource forks Off Mac OS X Finder information Off ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs not supported by filesystem at /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Detected abilities for destination (read/write) file system: Ownership changing On Hard linking On fsync() directories On Directory inc permissions On High-bit permissions On Symlink permissions Off Extended filenames On Windows reserved filenames Off Access control lists On Extended attributes On Windows access control lists Off Case sensitivity On Escape DOS devices Off Escape trailing spaces Off Mac OS X style resource forks Off Mac OS X Finder information Off ----------------------------------------------------------------- Backup: must_escape_dos_devices = 0 Starting increment operation / to /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff Processing changed file . Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff Processing changed file etc Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/etc ... Processing changed file root Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root Processing changed file root/.bash_history Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/.bash_history ... Processing changed file root/.synaptic/synaptic.conf Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/.synaptic/synaptic.conf Processing changed file root/snap Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap Processing changed file root/snap/brave Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap/brave Processing changed file root/snap/brave/180 Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap/brave/180 Processing changed file root/snap/brave/180/.config Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap/brave/180/.config ... Processing changed file root/snap/brave/current Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/root/snap/brave/current Processing changed file usr Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/usr Processing changed file usr/local Incrementing mirror file /media/backup_petrel_2/backup-rdiff/usr/local ... I've had to trim the output above, but the full output shows rdiff-backup working through the entire /root/snap hierarchy. Expected behaviour: The /root/snap hierarchy excluded from backup. Am I doing something wrong in the rdiff-backup invocation? is it a bug? I have just become aware of the new rdiff-backup version 2 and I should soon upgrade. However I would in the meantime be grateful for any fix to my current backup problem. Cheers, Johann -- This electronic transmission and any documents accompanying this electronic transmission contain confidential information belonging to the sender. This information may be legally privileged. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on or regarding the contents of this electronically transmitted information is strictly prohibited. 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