# (you can also use the time format of rdiff-backup, e.g. 6D5h)
keep = 60
-# a note about includes and excludes:
-# All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is
-# not otherwise taken into account.
+# A few notes about includes and excludes:
+# - include, exclude and vsinclude statements support EITHER globbing with '*'
+# OR symlinks in the path; usage of both in the same statement is *not*
+# supported and will lead to weird behaviour.
+# - All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise
+# taken into account.
# files to include in the backup
-# (supports globbing with '*')
include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs
include = /var/backups
include = /etc
# vsinclude will add to the include list /vservers/foo/home, /vservers/bar/home
# and /vservers/baz/home.
# Vservers paths are derived from $VROOTDIR.
-# vsinclude supports globbing with '*'.
# files to exclude from the backup
-# (supports globbing with '*')
#exclude = /home/*/.gnupg
######################################################
host = backuphost
# make the files owned by this user. you must be able to
-# `su -c ssh backupuser@backhost` without specifying a password.
+# `su -c "ssh backupuser@backhost"` without specifying a password.
# only use if "[dest] type = remote"
user = backupuser