Re: Exclude patterns in tarsnaprc

[Bob Williams <linux@barrowhillfarm.org.uk>]

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Hi Warren,

On 09/06/14 01:42, Warren Guy wrote:
> On 08/06/14 18:02, Bob Williams wrote:
>> I'm trying to fine tune my backups by adding some exclude entries
>> to my ~/.tarsnaprc file.
>> 
>> I've added some lines such as:
>> 
>> exclude /home/bob/this exclude /home/bob/that exclude
>> /home/bob/the_other*
>> 
>> Is this the correct format?
> 
> I believe the wildcard format is correct. But, by default, leading 
> slashes are stripped from the backup path, so you might need to
> drop your leading '/' for these to work?
> 
> Warren
> 
Thank you.

If the leading slashes are stripped by tarsnap automatically, then it
probably doesn't matter whether I leave them in or not?

Bob
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