Re: Question about using --exclude

Hi,=20
are you sure this is the right command? It should have source and target d=
irectory, but this one has only target=2E Which version of rdiff-backup are=
 you using?=20
KR, Eric (too)

On February 23, 2025 5:13:15 AM UTC, Eric Beversluis via Any discussion of=
 rdiff-backup <rdiff-backup-users@nongnu=2Eorg> wrote:
>I'm trying to back up my home directory while excluding the /VirtualBox V=
Ms directory=2E I came up with this new command that, according to the synt=
ax instructions, should mean rdiff-backup would henceforth skip that direct=
ory=2E
>
>   rdiff-backup --api-version 201 backup=C2=A0 --exclude
>   '/home/eric/VirtualBox VMs' --include /home/eric
>   --exclude '**' /run/media/eric/backup
>
>
>Yet, when I ran this command, it proceeded to backup the 'VirtualBox VMs'=
 folder=2E I thought I understood the syntax as saying that the --exclude F=
older, coming before the --include /home/eric would take precedence and lea=
ve Folder out of the /home/eric backup=2E
>
>What am I getting wrong here?