On Wed, 2025-05-07 at 16:47 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > My concern with Borg is that by telling it to backup > > "/", it will also catch everything in /lin-bak, which > > is considerable and not exclusive to only my dump archives. > > > > How do you handle the issue? > > > > -T > > > Would this get around the problem? > > # borg create --exclude /lin-bak --compression auto,zstd,7 > /lin-bak::2025-05-07_rootExt4Borg / > --
The '-exclude' option would be useful for a one-shot backup. However for regular nightlies I prefer to use Borgmatic and configure it appropriately. It has a config file for the various options including excludes. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue