Excluding Select Folders From Being Backed Up - Revision history

Steve410 at 20:49, 9 September 2021

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   skip: .
-'''NOTE:'''  An ''alternative'' easy way to create the file ''without'' editing it by-hand is, first, make sure you're in your new data folder, and then use the following command:
+'''NOTE:'''  An ''alternative'' easy way to create the file ''without'' editing it by-hand is to first make sure you're in your new data folder, and then use the following command:
   echo 'skip: .' >.nsr

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   skip: .
-'''NOTE:'''  An alternative easy way to create the file without editing it by hand is, first, make sure you're in your new data folder, and then use the following command:
+'''NOTE:'''  An ''alternative'' easy way to create the file ''without'' editing it by-hand is, first, make sure you're in your new data folder, and then use the following command:
   echo 'skip: .' >.nsr

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   skip: .
-'''NOTE:'''  An easy way to create the file without editing it by hand is, first, make sure you're in your new data folder, and then use the following command:
+'''NOTE:'''  An alternative easy way to create the file without editing it by hand is, first, make sure you're in your new data folder, and then use the following command:
   echo 'skip: .' >.nsr

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−	There are times when you might be [https://support.cs.jhu.edu/wiki/Storing_Large_Amounts_Of_Data_On_Our_Systems storing a large ''static'' dataset in your home directory], but you do not need that data backed up to our nightly tape/disk-based backup system. If this is the case, you may configure your data not to be backed up by that system.	+	There are times when you might be [https://support.cs.jhu.edu/wiki/Storing_Large_Amounts_Of_Data_On_Our_Systems storing a large ''static'' dataset in your CS home directory], but you do not need that data backed up to our nightly tape/disk-based backup system. If this is the case, you may configure your data not to be backed up by that system.

	To exclude your data from our backups:		To exclude your data from our backups:

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−	There are times when you might be storing a large ''static'' dataset in your home directory, but you do not need that data backed up to our nightly tape/disk-based backup system. If this is the case, you may configure your data not to be backed up by that system.	+	There are times when you might be [https://support.cs.jhu.edu/wiki/Storing_Large_Amounts_Of_Data_On_Our_Systems storing a large ''static'' dataset in your home directory], but you do not need that data backed up to our nightly tape/disk-based backup system. If this is the case, you may configure your data not to be backed up by that system.

	To exclude your data from our backups:		To exclude your data from our backups:

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 * cd to your new data folder.
-* In your new data folder, create a file named '''''.nsr''''' and edit it to include the following:
+* In your new data folder, create a file named '''<code>.nsr</code>''' and edit it to include the following line:
   echo 'skip: .' >.nsr
-Having the '''''.nsr''''' file in place in your new data directory will exclude from backup that same ''entire'' data directory, including non-static (dynamic) files (e.g., code that changes, notes that are appended to, etc.), and its subfolders, so we recommend keeping any code or
+Having the '''<code>.nsr</code>''' file in place in your new data directory will exclude from backup that same ''entire'' data directory, including non-static (dynamic) files (e.g., code that changes, notes that are appended to, etc.), and its subfolders, so we recommend keeping any code or
 other data that can change in a different directory than where you are storing your dataset(s).
 [[Category:Backups]]

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	Having the '''''.nsr''''' file in place in your new data directory will exclude from backup that same ''entire'' data directory, including non-static (dynamic) files (e.g., code that changes, notes that are appended to, etc.), and its subfolders, so we recommend keeping any code or		Having the '''''.nsr''''' file in place in your new data directory will exclude from backup that same ''entire'' data directory, including non-static (dynamic) files (e.g., code that changes, notes that are appended to, etc.), and its subfolders, so we recommend keeping any code or
	other data that can change in a different directory than where you are storing your dataset(s).		other data that can change in a different directory than where you are storing your dataset(s).
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		+	[[Category:Backups]]

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	Having the '''''.nsr''''' file in place in your new data directory will exclude from backup that same ''entire'' data directory, including non-static (dynamic) files (e.g., code that changes, notes that are appended to, etc.), and its subfolders, so we recommend keeping any code or		Having the '''''.nsr''''' file in place in your new data directory will exclude from backup that same ''entire'' data directory, including non-static (dynamic) files (e.g., code that changes, notes that are appended to, etc.), and its subfolders, so we recommend keeping any code or
−	other data that can change in a different directory ~~from the~~ dataset(s).	+	other data that can change in a different directory than where you are storing your dataset(s).

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   echo 'skip: .' >.nsr
-Having the '''''.nsr''''' file in place in your new data directory will exclude from backup the ''entire'' data directory, including non-static (dynamic) files (e.g., code that changes, notes that are appended to, etc.), so we recommend keeping any code or
+Having the '''''.nsr''''' file in place in your new data directory will exclude from backup that same ''entire'' data directory, including non-static (dynamic) files (e.g., code that changes, notes that are appended to, etc.), and its subfolders, so we recommend keeping any code or
 other data that can change in a different directory from the dataset(s).