backup directory/file exclusion pattern list for borgbackup
Hello!
I want to try using borgbackup to do backups of my (only) user directory:
/home/debian-user
I just want to do so using Vorta, a GUI for borgbackup.
But I just need a good, general list of directory and file type
exclusions that I can just cut and paste into the Exclude Patterns
window in Vorta. Something like the default list of exclusions that
appears by default in the Backintime backup program.
Note 1: borgbackup uses a matching pattern called "Fnmatch" with which
I am not familiar, and don't want to learn by trial and error, losing
data in the process. Which is why I am looking for a "drop-in" basic
exclude list.
Note 2: I am not intending to use borgbackup to back up the whole
system; just /home/debian-user and its subdirectories. I am using
timeshift to back up the rest of the system. Timeshift uses a huge
amount of disk space, but it . . . works.
Note 3: I am aware that some use backintime to back up user data, and
I have tried it myself. But it just seems to have some "problems".
For example, the built-in "diff" utility does not seem to do anything.
It seems old and gives the impression of not being heavily developed.
The documentation is "adequate" but mediocre. And what really grinds
my gears about backintime, a problem apparently known as far back as
2014:
"Warning: A recent security audit revealed several possible attack
vectors for EncFs.
>From https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm:
EncFS is probably safe as long as the adversary only gets one copy of
the ciphertext and nothing more. EncFS is not safe if the adversary
has the opportunity to see two or more snapshots of the ciphertext at
different times. EncFS attempts to protect files from malicious
modification, but there are serious problems with this feature.
This might be a problem with Back In Time snapshots."
Gee . . . think so?
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