Rsync keeps telling me that my Linux Mint installation is too big to backup on into my TrueNAS machine. And the culprits are my Steam games, especially Cyberpunk 2077 at 66 GB. fml

  • Russ@bitforged.spaceEnglish
    16·
    15 hours ago

    Are you just using the rsync command directly? I believe there is an exclude flag that you can use to exempt your steam library folder.

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      13·
      14 hours ago

      Yes, there are several options for excluding files and directories. There’s the --exclude option to exclude a file or directory. There’s also the --exclude-from option that lets you specify a file that contains a list of files and directories to exclude.

      There’s not much point in backing up games that are easily downloaded again. Just backup the saves and settings.

    • bzIlsn8Fxi@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      15 hours ago

      Yes, I am using rsync from/on my Linux Mint machine, when trying to communicate with another computer (w/ TrueNAS) that it’s time to backup my OS.

      But, I didn’t know about the folder ignoring flag, that is helpful. Thank you for the info. I will look into that before I backup again.