Thread: faubackup --ignore option

i'm hoping here has experience faubackup package. want start using instead of 'tar' manage backups. it's simple enough command can't find examples of how use --ignore option exclude directories. have tried things like:

code:

--ignore-/home/tgeer/music , --ignore=/home/tgeer/music/ , --ignore=/home/tgeer/music/*

and none of them working correctly.

know correct syntax --ignore option?

in advance,

tgeer

well, got partly figured out trial , error.
correct syntax is:

code:

--ignore="**/music"

the double-quotes needed if file name or directory name contains spaces.

haven't figured out yet how specify more 1 pattern ignore. man page says:

--ignore=pattern
add patterns files should not backed up. directly passed faubackup-find.

notice says "adds patterns" seems indicate multiple patterns can specified. i've tried using spaces , commas separate patterns this:

code:

--ignore="**/music","**/videos" , --ignore="**/music" "**/videos"

but don't work. tried using '--ignore=' multiple times on command line no joy.

don't know else try.

tgeer

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