From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 28F64618C6 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:51:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 1C26113852 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:50:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [212.186.127.180]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 683D313820 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:50:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 329FD43D54 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:50:50 +0100 (CET) From: Fabian Ebner To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:50:42 +0100 Message-Id: <20201120145045.31543-3-f.ebner@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20201120145045.31543-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com> References: <20201120145045.31543-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL -0.010 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED -2.3 Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, medium trust SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 2/5] vdzump: extend examples to also cover relative patterns X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:51:22 -0000 Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner --- vzdump.adoc | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc index 1c39680..a9a7b2f 100644 --- a/vzdump.adoc +++ b/vzdump.adoc @@ -288,7 +288,16 @@ You can also manually specify (additional) exclude paths, for example: # vzdump 777 --exclude-path /tmp/ --exclude-path '/var/foo*' -(only excludes tmp directories) +excludes the directory `/tmp/` and any file or directory named `/var/foo`, +`/var/foobar`, and so on. + +Paths that do not start with a `/` are not anchored to the container's root, +but will match relative to any subdirectory. For example: + + # vzdump 777 --exclude-path bar + +excludes any file or directoy named `/bar`, `/var/bar`, `/var/foo/bar`, and +so on, but not `/bar2`. Configuration files are also stored inside the backup archive (in `./etc/vzdump/`) and will be correctly restored. -- 2.20.1