Re: Longstanding rsync script no longer excludes - SOLVED

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On 17/09/16 13:32, Mike Bird wrote

> >       $rsync $rsync_opts $password FileServer::rsync \ 
> > /home/backup/home/ > /var/rsync/FileServer.$NOW.log
> > I don't see where the $excludes you built is actually used.

On 17/09/16 13:44, Clive Menzies wrote:
> The script wasn't changed and I've always assumed the $rsync-opts took 
> care of this. The script was copied from someone else and adapted.
>
> # Good rsync options for FileServer_backups.
>     rsync_opts="-av --delete --delete-excluded"

Thanks to prompting by Mike, I've changed the way excludes are handled 
and it works :-)

OLD version:
# Good rsync options for uhuru_backups.
    rsync_opts="-av --delete --delete-excluded"

<snip>

# A list of files and directories that do not need to be backed up
 exclude_list="music funstuff cma/TransitStuff lost+found/"
     excludes=""
     for exclude in $exclude_list; do
     excludes="$excludes --exclude=$exclude"

WORKING version:
# Good rsync options for uhuru_backups.
    rsync_opts="-av --exclude-from=exclude_list --delete --delete-excluded"

The exclude_list is a file with one excluded directory per line with an 
asterisk at the end directory name.

Regards

Clive


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