Hey Bruce, Can't open Pastebin while at work (blocked, if you can believe it), but here's how I have mine configured. I just specify the exact directories I want backed up on each system: >From my rsnapshot.conf: ############################### ### BACKUP POINTS / SCRIPTS ### ############################### # LOCALHOST backup /boot saucer/ backup /etc saucer/ backup /home saucer/ backup /storage saucer/ backup /root saucer/ backup /var saucer/ # morris backup root@morris:/boot morris/ backup root@morris:/etc morris/ backup root@morris:/var morris/ backup root@morris:/root morris/ ... And here's what I end up with: root@saucer:~# ls -l /backup/hourly.0/* /backup/hourly.0/morris: total 16 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 10 07:08 boot drwxr-xr-x 103 root root 4096 Apr 14 09:43 etc drwx------ 6 root root 4096 Jan 31 11:17 root drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Nov 15 08:56 var /backup/hourly.0/saucer: total 32 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 14 09:42 boot drwxr-xr-x 160 root root 12288 Apr 14 09:42 etc drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Feb 27 19:37 home drwx------ 9 root root 4096 Apr 15 14:09 root drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Jan 18 20:15 storage drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 20 2016 var Cheers, Vic On Apr 17, 2017 12:42, "Bruce Harding" <bruce [ dot ] harding [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: > Hello, > > Got a question about rsnapshot. I'm backing up two location to a external > USB > drive. > > This first location is my desktop. One of this directories that I want to > exclude from backup is Var. The second location being backup is my server. > The only location there I want to back up is Var. > > So the question is, how do I set up my rsnapshot.conf file so that is Var > is > backup on the remote server and excluded on the desktop? > > > my rsnapshot.conf = https://pastebin.com/470HY0bm > > ======= > bruce > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >