Kenneth Loafman wrote: > Alexander Zangerl wrote: >> On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:20:45 +0200, "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" writes: >>> Package: duplicity >>> Version: 0.5.02-1 >>> Severity: wishlist >>> >>> It would allow to skip spuriously appeared big temporary cache files and >>> similar. >> personally i think that's a somewhat dangerous option and would >> suggest to use include/exclude statements to deselect things by path, >> but i'm forwarding your request upstream. > > I have to agree with you on this one. One should not back up temp or > cache directories anyway. Its a waste of backup time and space. There > are list and regex include and exclude options in duplicity already, so > use those to exclude the temp and cache directories completely, as well > as /proc and /dev or any other synthetic directory. > > I would mark this as "Will Not Implement". Use whatever is equivalent. > > ...Ken > I understand your opinion. Though I originally said about those files which don't lie in special or temp or cache directories - music, films, some compiler-generated files in some cases.
-- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF
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