On Mon, Sep 05, 2005, Michael Carey wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using Bacula 1.36.3. I've been trying to set up fileset > exclusions for a number of Mac related files that start with a dot > (e.g. '.AppleDB' on Linux systems running netatalk; & '.DS_Store', > and files starting with '._' on a Windows system, that get left > behind after a Mac file copy.) I initially tried the following 'wild' > matches: > > wildfile = .DS_Store > wildfile = ._* > > wilddir = .AppleDB > > None of the above seemed to work. After a lot of trial and error, I > found that adding a '*' in front of each name did the trick, so the > entries became: > > wildfile = *.DS_Store > wildfile = *._* > > wilddir = *.AppleDB > > Can anyone shed any light on this? If this is the intended behaviour, > should it be noted in the documentation?
This is at least not the "expected" behaviour :) The problem seems to be that not the basename is matched against the pattern from the Wild* directive, but the whole path. That it is recommended to enclose the string in double quotes, _is_ documented. This doesn't play a role here, though. The FileSet resource is utterly complex. It would be nice when the "estimate" command could list all files and directories that are _filtered_. This would make it easier to see what is really excluded from backups. BTW: wildfile = "*.DS_Store" does also match all files with the extension ".DS_Store" (e.g. "bla.DS_Store". It would probably be better to use: wildfile = "*/.DS_Store" (mk) -- Matthias Kurz; Fuldastr. 3; D-28199 Bremen; VOICE +49 421 53 600 47 >> Im prämotorischen Cortex kann jeder ein Held sein. (bdw) << ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
