* Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> [131206 11:57]:
* Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> [131206 10:20]:
* Ingo Preuss <ingo.preuss@gmail.com> [131206 07:11]:
Try the backup and migrate module.
Hth Thanks for the tip. Backup and migrate on its own just backs up the database, but it has a plugin https://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_files to back up files. I will report back. :) It isn't drush but I hope it will work in a pinch. I ran into problems with the backup_migrate_files module regarding pear (FYI - am php noob). The solution using archive-dump is I believe the tar-options option which passes options to tar. tar-options="exclude=dir1 exclude=dir2 ..." works
more simply an input file would work better for multiple excludes, and that should be the tar '-T file_listing_files_to_exclude.txt' option.
So far I haven't been able to make that work, but will be the solution, I suspect.
I will post what works when I get to it. Was a typo above. Should have typed '-X file_listing_files_to_exclude.txt' option. I.E. the tar option should be -X
But I can't get it to work. If I use the option above as a quote to --tar-option, drush will back up only the sites directory. If (by running drush in verbose) I run one of the same tar commands that drush is issuing, I get the selective backup I'm looking for. If anyone would like to pursue this or has any further ideas, I would welcome comments, suggestion etc... otherwise I may submit this problem as a trouble ticket. IMHO - archive-dump should be able to do pick directories and files selectively. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com