Vic, Thanks for your suggestions I made changes to my rsnapshot.conf and everything is working. ===== Bruce On April 17, 2017 01:13:47 PM Vic Gedris wrote: > 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