skip files with fbackup

[someone_4]

Hello

I have a 3 deep directory tree for user accounts.

/mail/CommuniGate/Accounts/r.sub/i.sub/richardl.macnt#

in the macnt directory I have the following files:
INBOX.mbox account.info account.settings

Without omniback is there a way to back everything up in the /mail filesystem EXEPT files without the mbox extention?

Thanks
Richard

[Jean-Louis Phelix]

Hi,

You could tr a find | cpio, something like :

find /mail -name '*.mbox' | cpio -ovB > xxx

or everything except '.mbox' files :

find /mail ! -name '*.mbox' | cpio -ovB > xxx

Regards.

[Bruno Ganino]

Try
find /mail ! -name '*.mbox' | tar -xvf > destination

Bye
Bruno

[Jean-Louis Phelix]

Hi

Sorry Bruno, but tar cannot work on file names, even with "f -". Only cpio or pax do.

Regards.

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi
Fbackup has an include and exclude function.
Easiest was is to configure the backup using SAM.

i /root (included)
e /temp (excluded)

See Man fbackup.

Paula

[Elmar P. Kolkman]

Actually, the tar can work, but it should read:
tar -cvf <> `find /mail ! -name '*.mbox'`

But this will probably result in 'commandline too large'...

A better way with tar would be:
find /mail -name *.mbox -print >files2excl
tar -cvfE <> files2excl /mail

(files2excl will contain the files you want to exclude from the backup)...

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

try this one:
tar cvf zz `find /mail/CommuniGate/Accounts/r.sub/i.sub/richardl.macnt ! -name "*.mbox"`

greetings,

Michael

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi Bruno,

as Jean-Louis points out, tar cant take the filenames from stdin besides you extract instead of creating an archive. ;-)

greetings,

Michael

[Bruno Ganino]

Boys, I did not want to submit my previous message (I have submitted without wanting it). It is a mistaken command, thanks for your warnings.
Richard, my answer had to be this:

#find /mail/CommuniGate/Accounts/r.sub/i.sub ! -name *.mbox -print > elist
#tar -cvfE elist /mail

(I hope of to have understood well which it is your problem)

HTH
Bruno

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

if the problem is solved, could you spare some points from the endless supply of points, HP has, for those, who could help you? ;-)

greetings,

Michael

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi Richard,

are you still with us?

greetings,

Michael

[someone_4]

Michael,

Yes, I am still with you.
And there is no need to remind me to give points.

I have been here long enough and know to give points and I have done so since 2000.If you look at my profile you will see that I have assigned points to 1889 of 2005 responses to my questions. That is a 94% avg.

And it is only 94% because of the fact that I have not gone back to find the other questions to give points to. But I feel that I have done my fair share. You can be assured that I will assign points and respond as soon as I get a chance.


Richard

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi Richard,

my apologies.. Should have looked for the history first. No offence meant.

greetings,

Michael