rdiff-backup include-globbing-filelist error

So now I've got everything else setup perfectly right, BUT now I can't get rdiff-backup to work with my external hard drive. At first it was because I was using a directory with data in it already, but now it seems that it doesn't want to read my include file. Here's my script that I've been working with:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

#---------------------------------------#

## Script Variables ##

# Backup Device #
MOUNT_POINT="/media/backup"

# Sources to backup #
SOURCES="--include-globbing-filelist /home/user/scripts/include_file"

# Target Directory #
# exclude trailing slash #
TARGET="/media/backup/rdiff_backup"

# Exclude File #
EXCLUDE_FILE="/home/user/scripts/exclude_file.txt"

# Extras #

# When did the script last run
HISTORY_LOG="/home/user/scripts/Backup_History.txt"

# See what packages are installed
DPKG_LIST="/home/user/scripts/dpkg-filelist"

#-------------------------------------------------#
## Verify Device and Sources ##
echo " Starting backup..."

# -x returns true if the file exists and is executable.

if [ ! -x $TARGET ]; then
        echo " Backup target does not exist or you don't have permission!"
        echo " Exiting..."
        exit 2
fi
        echo " Verifying Sources..."
                for source in $SOURCES; do
        echo " Checking $source..."
                if [ ! -x $source ]; then
        echo " Error with $source!"
        echo " Directory either does not exist, or you do not have proper permissions."
                exit 2
        fi
        done

# -f returns true if the file exists and is a regular file.
        if [ -f $EXCLUDE_FILE ]; then
        EXCLUDE="--exclude-globbing-filelist $EXCLUDE_FILE"
        fi

## Actual Backup ##
echo " Sources verified. Running rdiff-backup..."
echo " "
echo " This may take a while..."
echo " "
echo " May I suggest a nice cup of coffee "
echo " while you are waiting?"
echo " "

        sudo rdiff-backup -v5 --print-statistics --remove-older-than 4w $EXCLUDE $SOURCES $TARGET

## Script Extras ##

# Log of when I last ran the script
# and a list of every package installed
# on my computer.
        date +'%F_%H:%M' >> $HISTORY_LOG
        dpkg -l | awk '(print $2)' > $DPKG_LIST

## Disc Information ##

# How much space do I have left?
echo " "
echo " Displaying Drive Information:"
        df -h
echo " "

exit 0

Alright... So that throws me an error no matter what I change... ok, so then I tried to run it straight from the command line with this:

Code:

sudo rdiff-backup -v5 --print-statistics --include-globbing-filelist ./include_file / /media/backup/rdiff_backup

But that gives me this error message:

Code:

Reading globbing filelist ./include_file
Fatal Error: Last selection expression:
    Command-line include glob: /root/ispconfig
only specifies that files be included.  Because the default is to
include all files, the expression is redundant.  Exiting because this
probably isn't what you meant.

So I took out the /root/ispconfig, but then it throws the same error for my next directory name. Here is my include file:

Code:

/home
/etc/shadow
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/var/www
/var/lib/named
/var/named
/root/ispconfig

I'm lost in the sauce. I have no clue what is going on here and it's frustrating. So what Iam I doing wrong? I know it's probably something stupid. Oh! All of my files are edited with nano using the -w option because I just never got comfortable with vi. I can use it, but I'm not fluent with it. Regardless. Any help would be appreciated!

 

Code:

sudo rdiff-backup -v5 --print-statistics --include-globbing-filelist ./include_file [B][COLOR="Red"]/[/COLOR][/B] /media/backup/rdiff_backup

I think you're trying to back up everything (/), therefore there's no need to include files/directories because they are included anyway.