Is it possible to backup individual files with Deja Dup?
In the Deja Dup preferences, it is possible to select certain folders to backup and certain folders to exclude.
I would like to be able to backup individual files in my Home folder (Such as .vimrc
and .bashrc
), but I don't see any way to do this.
So my question is, is it possible to either
- Select individual files (instead of whole folders) to backup, or
- backup my Home folder, but exclude all subfolders?
According to mterry last Febuary, this isn't something Deja Dup can currently do:
https://answers.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+question/99973
Although he's talking about exclusion, it's the same principle as inclusion. Your better off symlinking the files you want to backup into a separate directory and then backing up that.
According to the comments on this answer:
https://askubuntu.com/a/65868/18665
the only way to do it is to create hardlinks of the individual files you wish to be backed up in a folder that's backed up by Déjà Dup.