Excluding files using fbackup

[Kenn_1]

Hi..
How can this file/s be excluded from fbackup (/var/tmp/datafiles.tar.ddmmyy).I've included this line in the fbackup.graph file.

i /var
e /var/opt/perf/datafiles
e /var/tmp/datafiles.tar*


It seems that '*' is not working with fbackup. Pls advise..

[venugopalakrishna.y.r]

hello kenn,

check out whether you are specifying the path of graph file with -g option.

[Michael Tully · Accepted solution]

I am fairly sure that you can only exlude using actual file names and not wildcards.

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

-e path: path specifies a tree to be excluded from the backup graph. This tree must be a subtree of part of the backup graph. Otherwise, specifying it will not
exclude any files from the graph.

I don't think * can be used. You have to exclude files/directories as below:

-e /var/opt
-e /var/opt/perf

sks

[malay boy]

sorry wild card not working with fbackup.

[Geoff Wild]

- e is for path, therfore, a workaround for you - put all your datafiles.tar.ddmmyy in a separate directory:

/var/tmp/datafiles/

then in graph file:

e /var/tmp/datafiles

Rgds...Geoff

[Kenn_1]

Hi All..

Thanks for the response.. really appreciate.. and I do believe that I cannot use wildcards for this and thank you also for workaround solution.

Cheers
-Kenn-