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I have added regular expression support using a POSIX implementation. The patch (against 2.5.5) is attached. The implementation is simple and follows the same mechanism that is implemented for normal searches. I added these command line arguments: --rexclude=PATTERN exclude files matching regexp PATTERN --rexclude-from=FILE exclude regexp patterns listed in FILE --rinclude=PATTERN

Hello all, I am wondering if it would be possible to write a script or a cronjob in linux using Rsync to run an automated backup of a server, or serveral servers if possible. I am very new with writing scripts and such, so any help or suggestions with how to get started would be great!!! Thanks ahead of time for the help!!! ----- Computers are like air conditioners. They both dont work, if you

I'm very confused. I ran this command: /usr/local/bin/rsync -aCHh --stats --delete-after --delete-excluded \ --exclude="/backup/" --exclude-from=/var/.rexcludes \ / /backup/daily.0 then I ran these commands mail ~ $ ls -ls etc/postfix/main.cf 28 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 28322 Jul 27 16:31 /etc/postfix/main.cf mail ~ $ ls -ls /backup/daily.0/etc/postfix/main.cf 28 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 28322 Jul 27 16:31 /backup/daily.0/etc/ postfix/main.c...

Hi, Presently I have the latest full backup in a 'current' directory and 30 day incrementals in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format directories. Without changing that directory structure I'd like the 'YYYY-DD-MM' directories to contain the full system hardlinked (when applicable) to 'current'. What rsync command-line options could provide me with this? Thanks,

...ize is 24.61G speedup is 7.89 rsync warning: some files vanished before they could be transferred (code 24) at main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] ...done. the rysnc command is /usr/local/bin/rsync -aCHh --stats --delete-after --delete-excluded \ --exclude="/backup/" --exclude-from=/var/.rexcludes \ --link-dest="${BAKLOC}.sday.1" / ${BAKLOC}.sday.0 where BAKLOC is defined previously to /backup/mail Is there anything I can do to have rsync work on a instantaneous snapshot so these files don't even up getting moved out from under the backup process? This is 2.6.9 and...