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Hallo,

there may be a small error in "rsnapshot", in the definition of
"exclude_path":

if the target directory ("snapshot_root") is "/srv/backup" then it
generates

--exclude=srv/backup

and therefore even the directory entry "/srv/backup" vanishes in the
backup.

I'd prefer something like

--exclude=srv/backup/*

then the directory itself is copied but nothing inside this directory.

Background: on some of my machines "/srv/backup" is a symlink to some
other place, and when I restore the full backup then this symlink isn't
restored.

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut

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On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Helmut Hullen <Hullen < at > t-online.de> wrote:
Hallo,

there may be a small error in "rsnapshot", in the definition of
"exclude_path":

if the target directory ("snapshot_root") is "/srv/backup" then it
generates

       --exclude=srv/backup

and therefore even the directory entry "/srv/backup" vanishes in the
backup.

I'd prefer something like

       --exclude=srv/backup/*

then the directory itself is copied but nothing inside this directory.

Background: on some of my machines "/srv/backup" is a symlink to some
other place, and when I restore the full backup then this symlink isn't
restored.

Then that's what *you* need, based on the existing syntax of the
"rsync" command, not an an rsnapshot flaw. And you might actually
want:

--exclude=/srv/backup/

Why don't you try that and see if it does what you want?

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Hallo, Nico,

Du meintest am 28.07.11:

there may be a small error in "rsnapshot", in the definition of
"exclude_path":

if the target directory ("snapshot_root") is "/srv/backup" then it
generates

       --exclude=srv/backup

Then that's what *you* need, based on the existing syntax of the
"rsync" command, not an an rsnapshot flaw. And you might actually
want:

--exclude=/srv/backup/

Why don't you try that and see if it does what you want?

The "rsnapshot" program generates

       --exclude=srv/backup

I've done nothing.

Just search for "exclude_path =".

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut

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Hallo, Helmut,

Du meintest am 28.07.11:

there may be a small error in "rsnapshot", in the definition of
"exclude_path":

if the target directory ("snapshot_root") is "/srv/backup" then it
generates

--exclude=srv/backup

and therefore even the directory entry "/srv/backup" vanishes in the
backup.

Maybe I've found the solution, but I'm no perl crack.

Searching in "/usr/bin/rsnapshot" for "exclude_path" shows as second hit

$exclude_path = $config_vars{'snapshot_root'};

Changing it to

$exclude_path = $config_vars{'snapshot_root'} . '/';

seems to work as wanted, without unwanted side effects.
The directory "snapshot_root" itself is now part of the backup, but it's
content is not copied.


Viele Gruesse!
Helmut

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