Re: How to exclude all dotfiles in a folder but include a specific set?

[Patrik Dufresne]

On windows, if you want to backup C: and H: you must execute rdiff-backup
twice. Once for C: and another for H: with a different destination.

I tried to quickly search the documentation for a reference, but I could
not find it...


On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 1:03 AM <qx6uwumzvv@liamekaens.com> wrote:

> Nice, I haven't used --include/exclude before, but I have a use case now
> so I want to try it.
>
> How do I make this work on Windows where there isn't (AFAIK) a common
> root for all the drives?  For example I want to do
> rdiff-backup \
>      --include C:/from1 \
>      --exclude C:/from1/exclude1 \
>      --exclude C:/from1/exclude2 \
>      --include H:/from2 \
>      --exclude H:/from2/exclude3 \
>      --include C:/from3 \
>     sourcedir \\nas4free\my-backup.rdiff-backup
> but I don't know what I can use for sourcedir that will allow me to
> include directories from both C: and H:.  The 3 included directories are
> all logically related so I prefer to back them up to a single
> repository.  Is there a way to do this on Windows?
>
>
> On 2023-01-09 12:30, EricZolf ewl+rdiffbackup-at-lavar.de
> |rdiff-backup-users| wrote:
> > Order does indeed matter _ and_ there is an implicit include "all" at
> the end, so that the slightly simpler following command should also work:
> >
> > rdiff-backup --terminal-verbosity 5 \
> > --include /tmp/from/.2 \
> > --exclude /tmp/from/.\* \
> > --exclude /tmp/from/2 \
> > /tmp/from ./to.
> >
> > It basically depends if you want to save the full path or not.
> >
> > K R, Eric.
> >
> > On January 9, 2023 11:42:10 AM UTC, Tobias Leupold <tl@stonemx.de>
> wrote:
> >> Yay, I made it :-D ;-)
> >>
> >> The --include and --exclude order actually DOES matter.
> >>
> >> If invoked like so:
> >>
> >>     rdiff-backup --terminal-verbosity 5 \
> >>         --include /tmp/from/.2 \
> >>         --exclude /tmp/from/.\* \
> >>         --exclude /tmp/from/2 \
> >>         --include /tmp/from/\* \
> >>         --exclude / \
> >>         / ./to
> >>
> >> I get what I want:
> >>
> >>     Processing changed file .
> >>     Processing changed file tmp
> >>     Processing changed file tmp/from
> >>     Processing changed file tmp/from/.2
> >>     Processing changed file tmp/from/1
> >>     Processing changed file tmp/from/3
> >>
> >> A bit hard to figure out, but it works!
> >>
> >> Thanks again for helping!
> >>
> >> Am Montag, 9. Januar 2023, 10:31:53 CET schrieb Tobias Leupold:
> >>> Hi Eric!
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for yout reply!
> >>>
> >>> The problem is that I don't know the complete list of the "normal"
> >>> folders I want to include. But I know a complete list of dotfiles I
> want
> >>> to include.
> >>>
> >>> So, if we have
> >>>
> >>> /tmp/from/1
> >>> /tmp/from/2
> >>> /tmp/from/3
> >>> /tmp/from/.1
> >>> /tmp/from/.2
> >>> /tmp/from/.3
> >>>
> >>> I want to exclude all the files starting with a ., but include a list
> of
> >>> specific files starting with a ".", e.g. /tmp/from/.2 (at this point,
> >>> it's not a problem yet I think ...).
> >>>
> >>> But I also want to include all the regular files and folders from
> >>> /tmp/from, with e.g. the exception of /tmp/from/2. But I don't know the
> >>> list to include. And that's the problem -- there could also be
> >>> /tmp/from/4, /tmp/from/5 and so on.
> >>>
> >>> Now if I do
> >>>
> >>>       rdiff-backup \
> >>>           --include /tmp/from/\* \
> >>>           --exclude /tmp/from/2 \
> >>>           --include /tmp/from/.2 \
> >>>           --exclude /tmp/from/.\* \
> >>>           --exclude / \
> >>>           / ./to
> >>>
> >>> all the files from /tmp/from are included (also /tmp/from/2 and all the
> >>> /tmp/from/.whatever files) no matter the order of the --include and
> >>> --exclude statements.
> >>>
> >>> I also tried to mess with --include-regexp, but e.g. this:
> >>>
> >>>       rdiff-backup --terminal-verbosity 5 \
> >>>           --include-regexp "/tmp/from/[^\.].+" \
> >>>           --exclude / \
> >>>           / ./to
> >>>
> >>> leads to no files included at all ...
> >>>
> >>> Am 09.01.23 um 07:16 schrieb Eric Zolf:
> >>>> Hi Tobias,
> >>>>
> >>>> what about something like:
> >>>>
> >>>> mkdir /tmp/from
> >>>> touch /tmp/from/.{un,}wanted /tmp/from/also{un,}wanted
> >>>>
> >>>> rdiff-backup -v5 backup \
> >>>>
> >>>>       --include /tmp/from/.wanted --exclude /tmp/from/.\* \
> >>>>       --include /tmp/from/alsowanted --exclude /tmp/from/\* \
> >>>>       /tmp/from /tmp/bak
> >>>>
> >>>> (and /tmp/bak contains then only the wanted files)
> >>>>
> >>>> So first the includes, then the corresponding excludes. It shouldn't
> >>>> make a difference if from the command line using --include/exclude or
> >>>> using files with --include/exclude-globbing-filelist
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope this helps,
> >>>> Eric
> >>>>
> >>>> On 08/01/2023 23:32, Tobias Leupold wrote:
> >>>>> Dear list,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I use rdiff-backup to do automated backups on my server. I backup /,
> >>>>> but I
> >>>>> exclude everything and only include what I need. E.g. I use the
> >>>>> following call
> >>>>>
> >>>>>       rdiff-backup --include-globbing-filelist /etc/backup.include \
> >>>>>                    --exclude / \
> >>>>>                    / /backup/data
> >>>>>
> >>>>> and specify a list of folders I want in /etc/backup.include, e.g.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>       /etc/crontab
> >>>>>       /etc/postfix
> >>>>>       /etc/dovecot
> >>>>>       /usr/local/bin
> >>>>>       /usr/local/sbin
> >>>>>       /srv
> >>>>>
> >>>>> That works just fine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Now I'm trying to adapt this to a machine with similar requirements,
> but
> >>>>> including some parts of a home directory.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What I can't get to work is: I want to include the home directory,
> but
> >>>>> without
> >>>>> all the .whatever files. But I want SOME of them.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> E.g. I want:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>       /etc/some/config_file
> >>>>>       /etc/some/other/config_file
> >>>>>
> >>>>> And also all the "normal" files and folders in /home/my_user
> >>>>>
> >>>>>       /home/my_user/folder_1
> >>>>>       /home/my_user/folder_2
> >>>>>       /home/my_user/foo
> >>>>>       /home/my_user/bar
> >>>>>
> >>>>> and so on, but I don't want
> >>>>>
> >>>>>       /home/my_user/.*
> >>>>>
> >>>>> but I DO want a defined set of dotfiles, e.g.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>       /home/my_user/.ssh
> >>>>>       /home/my_user/.local/share/foo
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I can't get this to work. I played around a lot with
> --include-globbing-
> >>>>> filelist, --exclude-globbing-filelist, --include and --exclude, but
> >>>>> either, I
> >>>>> get none of the .whatever files inside /home/my_user, or I get all of
> >>>>> them.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance for all help!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers, Tobias
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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