X-Git-Url: https://git.stderr.nl/gitweb?p=matthijs%2Fupstream%2Fbackupninja.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=handlers%2Fdup.helper;h=dbf964363b4e9be895e54631f37915495474db9a;hp=a18063dbd507de83a7e6b4f242a0c673c159ee6b;hb=a65bc7af30e0ba963a007bc47b6287054bc2f276;hpb=b538ddaa1e0a301831270c177472abd85c011b0f diff --git a/handlers/dup.helper b/handlers/dup.helper index a18063d..dbf9643 100644 --- a/handlers/dup.helper +++ b/handlers/dup.helper @@ -310,22 +310,11 @@ password = $dup_gpg_password [source] +# WARNING: include, exclude and vsinclude statements support EITHER globbing +# with '*' OR symlinks in the path; usage of both in the same statement is *not* +# supported and will lead to weird behaviour. + # files to include in the backup -# (supports globbing with '*') -# BIG FAT WARNING -# Symlinks are not dereferenced. Moreover, an include line whose path -# contains, at any level, a symlink to a directory, will only have the -# symlink backed-up, not the target directory's content. Yes, you have -# to dereference yourself the symlinks, or to use 'mount --bind' -# instead. -# EXAMPLE -# Let's say /home is a symlink to /mnt/crypt/home ; the following line -# will only backup a "/home" symlink ; neither /home/user nor -# /home/user/Mail will be backed-up : -# include = /home/user/Mail -# A workaround is to 'mount --bind /mnt/crypt/home /home' ; another -# one is to write : -# include = /mnt/crypt/home/user/Mail EOF if [ "$host_or_vservers" == host -o "$host_or_vservers" == both ]; then @@ -352,7 +341,6 @@ EOF # 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 '*'. EOF @@ -368,9 +356,7 @@ EOF # excludes cat >> $next_filename <