Opened at 2009-12-06T16:27:18Z

Last modified at 2015-04-16T18:41:53Z

#851 new enhancement

tahoe backup exclude option only matches on filename instead of path

Reported by: francois Owned by:
Priority: major Milestone: eventually
Component: code-frontend-cli Version: 1.5.0
Keywords: tahoe-backup usability Cc:
Launchpad Bug:

Description (last modified by daira)

The current implementation of --exclude for the 'tahoe backup' command only matches on filename instead of the full path to the file.

Given the following filesystem hierarchy: 

/dir1
/dir1/file2
/dir1/file1
/dir2
/dir2/dir1
/dir2/dir1/file3

It is currently impossible to backup '/dir1' and NOT backup '/dir2/dir1'. The opposite, ie. to backup '/dir2/dir1' and NOT backup '/dir1' is also impossible.

Change History (4)

comment:1 Changed at 2009-12-20T20:47:31Z by davidsarah

  • Keywords usability added

comment:2 Changed at 2010-02-01T20:03:05Z by davidsarah

  • Milestone changed from undecided to 1.7.0

comment:3 Changed at 2010-06-18T23:51:23Z by zooko

  • Milestone changed from 1.7.0 to eventually

comment:4 Changed at 2015-04-16T18:41:53Z by daira

  • Description modified (diff)

An S4 customer expressed an interest in being able to exclude directories, which could be done more reliably (not just by name) if this ticket were fixed.

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