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Title: Specifying which local folders to sync and not to sync in directory Post by: frobitz on February 21, 2010, 10:22:41 AM Hi,
I've got this s3sync working pretty well backing up my /Users/<username> directory under OS X. However I'd like to specify which folders with this directory should and shouldn't be synced. For instance I want to omit the folders 'Library' as its just a load of system files I don't want to backup, and 'Downloads' as the content is very temporary. How can I specify a list of folders to sync, or a list of folders not to sync witin the parent folder? Currently I have this: Code: /usr/bin/ruby $INSTALL_LOCATION/s3sync.rb -r --ssl --delete /Users/<username> $BUCKET:/ Would the code below be an acceptable solution? And if so, is there a better way than this? Code: /usr/bin/ruby $INSTALL_LOCATION/s3sync.rb -r --ssl --delete /Users/<username>/folder-to-sync-1 $BUCKET:/ /usr/bin/ruby $INSTALL_LOCATION/s3sync.rb -r --ssl --delete /Users/<username>/folder-to-sync-2 $BUCKET:/ /usr/bin/ruby $INSTALL_LOCATION/s3sync.rb -r --ssl --delete /Users/<username>/folder-to-sync-3 $BUCKET:/ Thanks for any help R Title: Re: Specifying which local folders to sync and not to sync in directory Post by: frobitz on February 21, 2010, 10:51:51 AM Well i found the --exclude command (how i missed it I don't know!)
Documentation is a bit light, but after some googling I put this together: Code: /usr/bin/ruby $INSTALL_LOCATION/s3sync.rb -r --ssl --delete --exclude="Library$|Desktop$|Downloads$|Temp$|Sites$|Script$|Public$|.Trash$|.adobe$" /Users/<username> $BUCKET:/ My only concern now is my use of regexp. Are the .adobe and .Trash files going to be understood or do i need to escape the period marks out? Any other thoughts on this command and its possible faults? Ta R |