Exclude dropbox-folders from backup

teejee2008 / aptik

Command-line tool for migrating system settings and data for distributions based on Debian, Arch and Fedora. Can backup and restore software repositories, packages, icons, themes, fonts, users, groups, home data, dconf settings, fstab/crypttab entries, and cron tasks.

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Exclude dropbox-folders from backup #19

Closed gertjanscholten closed 5 years ago

gertjanscholten commented 6 years ago

Hi, Using aptik for the first time, so maybe I'm overlooking something :)

When I run the program for a backup of the home-folder, a backup of dropbox (temporary) folders is also included:

/home//Dropbox/.dropbox.cache
/home/gertjanscholten/.dropbox
/home/gertjanscholten/.dropbox-dist

The latter is logic to include as it is the dropbox client. However, the first seems to create an infinite loop as it tries to copy a folder which is updated as dropbox syncs. The second contains the local dropbox database which is recreated in case of a new installation.

Would it be possible to add the first to to a default exclusion list?

Cheers, Gertjan

teejee2008 commented 6 years ago

I'll check this and let you know. You can exclude files if you use Aptik from command line using the --exclude-from option. The GUI doesn't have an option to exclude files. I'll add an option to the GUI in a future version.

2635599 commented 5 years ago

teejee this is a much better responce from you than the last thread i commented in. thanks

can you provide a link for using aptik via terminal? thanks

yochananmarqos commented 5 years ago

@2635599 From the README under Usage:

Available commands and options are documented in the User Manual

teejee2008 commented 5 years ago

The free version of Aptik is no longer maintained

A paid version is available with more features.

https://teejeetech.in/2019/07/14/aptik-v19-07/