Hi,
26.01.2010 23:25, Daniel wrote:
> Arno,
>
> On 26 Jan, 2010, at 15:21 , Arno Lehmann wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 26.01.2010 18:05, Daniel wrote:
>>> I have the following situation:
>>>
>>> I am backing up a Windows hard disk (let's call it R: for
>>> remote)... it is NOT the C: drive on the remote host. I wish to
>>> back up nearly everything on it EXCEPT for one directory:
>>> R:/strangedir Under R:/strangedir I *ONLY* want to keep the
>>> directory tree structure, NOT the files in it. This tree
>>> structure changes frequently and must match files elsewhere in
>>> the backup set, so that is why its important that I copy the
>>> tree structure but not necessarily the files within it as those
>>> can be repopulated by a script from other data that is already
>>> backed up elsewhere in R:.
>>>
>>> How can I make a rule for R:/strangedir? I've thought about
>>> trying to use RegexDir and RegexFile, but I can't seem to make
>>> them handle arbitrary recursive depth.
>> Untested:
>>
>> File Set { Name = R-without-strangedir Include { Options {
>> Exclude = Yes Regex File = "^.:/strangedir/.*" } Options {
>> Signature = SHA1 } File = "r:/" } }
>>
>> The first options block should catch all files below strangedir
>> (on any drive) and exclude them; everything else, i.e. directory
>> entries and files in other trees, would be backed up.
>>
>> Arno
>
> Thanks, excepting I want the directory tree under strangedir, e.g.:
>
>
> /strangedir/dir1/dir2 /strangedir/dir3/dir4/dir5
> /strangedir/dir3/dir4/dir6
Hmm... I don't understand why my idea wouldn't work - probably only
point the File Set to "File = "r:/strangedir"" would be sufficient...
Have you tested and verified using the 'estimate listing' command?
Arno
>
> I am working with the client to possibly come up with a workaround
> for this, but it is not forthcoming at the moment.
>
> -- D
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Arno Lehmann
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