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Readynas 526x backup folders, and exclude ?
HI
I would like to backup a whole folder on the nas , it has quite many subdirectorys aswell , none important to be backed up , but is there any way i can exclude a directory within a directory ?
For example
Raid5copy/Dokument
Raid5copy/Arkad this one i would like to exclude from the backup
Raid5copy/Pictures
Raid5copy/Testing this one i would like to exclude from the backup
etc
OR i have to choose every directory for it self and start making a new job on each directory ?
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This depends on the protocol you are using for the backup. Most protocols don't have a way to specify an exclusion, but rsync does. If you go to the "advanced" tab for an rsync backup job, you'll see there is a way to enter more than one exclusion.
The software manual doesn't give details on this, but the syntax should be the same as the rsync command (which you can google).
But in your example, you should be able to enter both Arkad and Testing.
Note there is a trick that will let you specify rsync for a local backup (say to a USB drive). You make either the source or destination "remote", and use 127.0.0.1 as the IP address. This is a special IP address (called localhost) that is the local machine.
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