backup problems?

[kilburn]

As a proposal, what would you think about replacing the line

Code:

$backup_cmd = "$cmd_tar --create --directory=$dmn_dir --$zip --file=$www_dir/$backup_filename --exclude=logs --exclude=phptmp --exclude=backups . 2> $www_dir/$backup_filename.log";

with:

Code:

if ( -f "$dmn_dir/excludes" ) {
    $backup_cmd = "$cmd_tar --create --directory=$dmn_dir --$zip --file=$www_dir/$backup_filename --exclude=logs --exclude=phptmp --exclude=backups --exclude-from=backups/excludes . 2> $www_dir/$backup_filename.log";
} else {
    $backup_cmd = "$cmd_tar --create --directory=$dmn_dir --$zip --file=$www_dir/$backup_filename --exclude=logs --exclude=phptmp --exclude=backups . 2> $www_dir/$backup_filename.log";
}

This would allow users to create a file "/backups/excludes" with a list of files/directories (wildcards accepted) to be excluded from the backups...