[lbackup-discussion] Backup config file help

[Johnathan Clarke]

Guys 
Bellow is a copy of my Excludes TXT I really only want to back up some folders in side of the /users/*****1 folder (*****1 being first user *****2 is a test user that is not used) 
Mac osx SL
Rysnc 3 

however it hasn't excluded any of the folders and they have all copied over  

config 

backupSource="/Users/*****1"


*/Library/Caches/*
*/Library/Icons/*
/Applications
/Developer
/Library
/System
/Network
/Volumes
/dev
/net
/home
/.Spotlight-V100
/etc
/var
/tmp
/bin
/cores
/mach_kernel
/mach_kernel.ctfsys
/private
/sbin
/usr
/.vol
/.hotfiles.btree
/.fseventsd
/.com.apple.timemachine.supported
/.Trashes
/.DS_Store
/lbackup
/Users/****2/*
/Users/*****1/Shared/*
/Users/*****1/Public/*
/Users/*****1/Sites/*
/Users/*****1/Dropbox/*
/Users/*****1/basic_backup_test/*
/Users/*****1/Library/*



On 31/08/2011, at 8:57 AM, henri wrote:

>> You can also do a reverse excludes as well, but I personally don't know how to do that.
> 
> This page provides some details regarding creating an excludes list with the items you want to backup specified within the excludes.txt file : http://bit.ly/qL2L9r
> 
> Having support for multiple source directories in a future version is certainly a possibility. However, this then makes some pre-action scripts more complex. 
> 
> Please note that on the link listed above, it mentions that support for verification of data (yet to be implemented) may not work correctly if you use the excludes.txt file as a list of items which you would like to backup.
> 
> If you have any questions or require assistance with your excludes.txt then just reply to this message.
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