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-If an exclude regexp has a syntax error, the error message is awful:
-
- > peter@dewsbx07:/media/GreenDrive/Backups$ obnam backup $HOME
- > Traceback (most recent call last):
- > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cliapp/app.py", line 141, in _run
- > self.process_args(args)
- > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/obnamlib/app.py", line 123, in
- > process_args
- > cliapp.Application.process_args(self, args)
- > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cliapp/app.py", line 316, in
- > process_args
- > method(args[1:])
- > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/obnamlib/plugins/backup_plugin.py",
- > line 95, in backup
- > self.compile_exclusion_patterns()
- > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/obnamlib/plugins/backup_plugin.py",
- > line 136, in compile_exclusion_patterns
- > for x in self.app.settings['exclude']]
- > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/re.py", line 190, in compile
- > return _compile(pattern, flags)
- > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/re.py", line 245, in _compile
- > raise error, v # invalid expression
- > error: nothing to repeat
-
---liw
-
-[[done]]