[Borgbackup] Fwd: --exclude-from | --remote-path

[Adrian Klaver]

On 01/08/2016 04:14 AM, Stan Armstrong wrote:
> My exclusion list is being ignored. I have attached it. I am trying to
> backup to a remote server on my LAN. The size of the backup is much too
> large. I finally interrupted it. I assume that my exclusion of /media is
> being ignored, and my large data disks are being included.
>
> Here is the command I have used:
>
>     # borg create --exclude-from /home/stan/backup-exclusions
>     root at Barbara-office:/media/Backup-S/Borg-S::Thursday /*

Wonder if this, /*, is the problem? Have you tried just, / ?

>
> Is the format of my list wrong?

I can't tell if those are double quotes or two single quotes. If it 
where me I would just use single quotes, i.e '/dev/*'

> Do I have it in the wrong place?
>
> I started borg on the server machine using "borg server" issued from
> that machine.
>
> In future, will I have to do this, or is the purpose of the
> "--remote-path PATH" option to make the borg on the server start
> processing the archive? If so, what should PATH be? The documentation
> says (default: "borg"). I don't understand how to interpret that so as
> to end up with the correct option.
>
>
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Adrian Klaver
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