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Duplicate/migrate exclude list into another profile
I'm trying to copy an extensive EXCLUDE list (approx. 50 lines) to paste in a different profile.
First Ctrl+A appears to work correctly, selecting all entries in the EXCLUDE window.
Then Ctrl+C
then in another profile Ctrl+V does not appear to do anything.
and Ctrl+V in a text editor (gedit) pastes one item .... apparently at random
Linux Mint 17.1 / Cinnamon BackInTime V1.1.2
Imported from Launchpad using lp2gh.
- date created: 2015-03-15T03:26:49Z
- owner: johnb0647
- the launchpad url was https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1432286
(by germar) Copy/paste is not supported (yet). I'll add this to wishlist.
For now you can close BIT, open ~/.config/backintime/config in your favourite editor and copy/paste all profile1.snapshots.exclude.* values. Finally do a find/replace for profile1 into profile2 for this lines
(by johnb0647) Thank you, sir. This will do just fine.
John Buczek Balay Thimuai, Liptong Valencia 6215 Philippines
On Monday, 16 March, 2015 09:50 PM, Germar wrote:
Copy/paste is not supported (yet). I'll add this to wishlist.
For now you can close BIT, open ~/.config/backintime/config in your favourite editor and copy/paste all profile1.snapshots.exclude.* values. Finally do a find/replace for profile1 into profile2 for this lines
** Changed in: backintime Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
** Changed in: backintime Status: New => Confirmed
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Regarding our priorities and resources I vote to close because it is a rare case and it seems no one else asked for it. Just edit the config file in a text editor of your choice.
Maybe someone want to jump in? I would prefer a solution different from copy and paste. I would offer a button like "Import list from another profile".
Closing this ticket based on the comment above. Feel free to reopen if the problem still exists. Thank you for your efforts. If you have any further questions, ideas or encounter any other issues, please don't hesitate to let us know.
Best regards, Christian