[lbackup-discussion] very basic question

[henri]

>> sorry for this question but I am testing lbackup and I couldn't make a
>> configuration file useful for me. My problem is with the line
>> backupSource , I am needing to backup some dirctories of a linux
>> machine , and I don't know how to put these names in backupSource line
>> For example how to include  /etc , /home /var in it.
> 
> Okay, one approach with the current version of LBackup is to do the following : 
> 
> (1) Set the backup source directory to "/" with the directive below : 
> 
> backupSource=/
> 
> 
> (2) Add the following lines into the related excludes.txt 
> 
> + private     
> + private/etc/***
> + private/var/***
> + home/***
> - *

Also note that include/exclude rules are processed in order until a match is found.