Ah i see, so duplicity literally doesnt allow symlinks, even if specifically listed
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On 10 Oct 2009, at 12:39, Kenneth Loafman wrote: Include the target of the symlink, not the symlink itself, and yes it will include all dot files and folders. ...Ken Benjamin Dell wrote: Ahhh ok, that would make sense. So presumably if i just include the
symlink (in this case the root of my mail director) it will then
recursively backup ALL files in that folder AND include all hidden / dot
files and folders?
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On 10 Oct 2009, at 12:26, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
Sorry, not enough coffee yet this morning... I misread your question.
Duplicity does include the symlinks, but does not follow them.
Following a symlink is a dangerous activity for any backup since
symlinks can produce recursive cycles. If you want to include the
symlinked contents, that will need to be specified individually.
...Ken
Benjamin Dell wrote:
That's good to know, is there a chance my script is excluding them?
because my backup archive file doesnt seem to be anywhere near the size
i would expect it to be.
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On 10 Oct 2009, at 11:20, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
Yes, it does include all dotfiles and symlinks.
...Ken
Benjamin Dell wrote:
Hi,
I have a very simple include list of two directories, as follows:
INCLIST=( "/home/ben/backups" \
"/home/ben/sites" \
)
Can anyone tell me whether this will, by default, include all sub
directories AND include all dotfiles? Reason I ask, is that in the
backups folder above I include a symlink to the root maildir, which is
built upon a number of dot based directories. I need to make sure that
it is include all dot files and directories by default, but I have not
been able to confirm this by reading through the documentation.
Can anyone give me a definitive answer, or what needs to be done to
achieve this?
Thanks
Ben
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