full backup - exclude folder

[doni49]

I have a script that runs a full backup on a regular basis. But it seems stupid to have the backups themselves be part of future backups.

Is there some way to have the backup utility exclude the directory where I store these backup files?

I store them in /home/username/backups.

Thx.

 

[jayh38]

Yes, put a file in the directory you would like to omit called:

.cpbackup-skip

then chown it for the user.group of that directory

 

[doni49]

Yes, put a file in the directory you would like to omit called:

.cpbackup-skip

then chown it for the user.group of that directory

Thanks. But would you mind clarifying a couple things for me?

1) You said to chown it. Is that the same as changing permissions in CPanel?

2) The file just has to exist? Doesn't need to have anything in it right?

 

[jayh38]

It is an empty file, correct. you would need to change the ownership of the user and group to the location that its store under. So if the directory of the files you want to omit is located at /home/someuser/

most likely the ownership will be someuser.someuser as the user.group