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# 1  
Old 10-27-2011
Using Grep Include/Exclude Files
I wrote this korn script and ran into a hole. I can use find to exclude all the hidden directories and to use my include file/exclude files for running a full backup

Code:
find / -depth -ipath '/home/testuser/.*' -prune -o -print| grep -f include.mydirs | grep -v -f exclude.mydirs

but when I try and look for file modification within 24hr, it doesn't work.I want to see if there are any differences within 24 hours of the same Include/Exclude directories

Code:
find / -depth -mtime 0 -ipath '/home/testuser/.*' -prune -o -print| grep -f include.mydirs | grep -v -f exclude.mydirs

it just spits out the opposite of what I want. Eventually i will pass this to CPIO and create an archive.

Code:
find / -depth -ipath '/home/testuser/.*' -prune -o -print| grep -f include.mydirs | grep -v -f exclude.mydirs | cpio -oavc > /backup/directory/full.cpio

find / -depth -mtime 0 -ipath '/home/testuser/.*' -prune -o -print| grep -f include.mydirs | grep -v -f exclude.mydirs | cpio -oavc > /backup/directory/incremental.cpio

regards
# 2  
Old 10-27-2011
Try adding -a for and:

Code:
find / -depth -mtime 0 -a \( -ipath '/home/testuser/.*' -prune -o -print \) | grep -f include.mydirs | grep -v -f exclude.mydirs

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# 3  
Old 10-27-2011
Many thanks for the reply:

it did work. I made an adjustment in my exclude.mydir. i was blocking my test directory.

Regards
Last edited by metallica1973; 10-27-2011 at 10:06 PM..
# 4  
Old 10-27-2011
Try -mtime -1 instead of -mtime 0

Code:
find / -depth -mtime -1 -a \( -ipath '/home/testuser/.*' -prune -o -print \) | grep -f include.mydirs | grep -v -f exclude.mydirs

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# 5  
Old 10-28-2011
many many thanks,one more question:

How can I exclude all hidden directories from everyones home directories when using find:

Code:
find /home -depth -path '*/.*' -prune -o -print

I want to remove all ".*" hidden junk from all the home directories:

/home/user1/.*
/home/user2/.*
/home/user3/.*

thanks
# 6  
Old 10-28-2011
This will ignore any hidden file or directory (begining with a dot) in user's home directory, or any depth of sub-directory below that.

Code:
find /home -depth -path '/home/*/.*' -prune -o -print

This just excludes any hidden file in user's home directory, or any depth of sub-directory below that.

Code:
find /home -depth -name '.*' -prune -o -print

I don't think you can exclude just .files in the home directory using find. You man have to throw a grep/awk/sed in the pipeline.

Code:
find /home -depth | grep -v '^/home/[^/]*/\.[^/]*$'

# 7  
Old 10-28-2011
I tried

Code:
[root@home]# find /home -depth | grep -v '^/home/[^/]*/\.[^/]*$'
/home/wireless/.mozilla/plugins
/home/wireless/.mozilla/extensions
/home/wireless
/home/noble/.mozilla/plugins
/home/noble/.mozilla/extensions
/home/noble
/home/lost+found
/home/becky/.mozilla/plugins
/home/becky/.mozilla/extensions
/home/becky
/home/gary/.mozilla/plugins
/home/gary/.mozilla/extensions
/home/gary
/home/dabeast/.openoffice.org/3/user/config/styles_cs.sod
/home/dabeast/.openoffice.org/3/user/config/styles_en-US.sod

and it doesnt seem to work. ?

---------- Post updated at 12:45 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:38 AM ----------

i tried just adding to my exclude file:

Code:
/home/*/.*

and ran:

Code:
sudo find /home -depth -mtime 0 -print | grep -f include_home | grep -v -f exclude_home

and it didnt display anything at all but when I removed it all was normal again.
It should work what am I missing?
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