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Exclude with File Patterns

In case of Windows backup tasks the default task's exclude_type is set to 'pattern' (file pattern).

The special characters used in File Patterns matching are:

Pattern	Meaning
*	matches everything
?	matches any single character
[seq]	matches any character in seq
[!seq]	matches any character not in seq

Notes:

• The file pattern match is done according to FNMATCH(3) Linux Programmer's Manual with flags FNM_FILE_NAME | FNM_LEADING_DIR | FNM_CASEFOLD | FNM_PERIOD | FNM_NOESCAPE.
• An exclude with File Patterns for NetWare File System backup only allows the use of joker '*' (some characters) and '?' (one arbitrary character).

Examples for exclude list with file patterns:

• Backing up '/var' without '/var/tmp' but with directory '/var/tmp1':

 ./var/tmp

• Backing up '/var' without any directory '*/tmp*':

 /tmp*

• Backing up source '/usr' avoiding '*.o', '*.tmp', 'a.out' and 'old*.c' files and all 'old*' directories:

 *.o, *.tmp, a.out, old*.c, /old*

• Backing up '/usr' without '/usr/var/spool' and '/usr/var/log':

 /usr/var/spool, /usr/var/log

• Avoid all 'syslog####.log' files:

 /syslog*.log

• Backing up NetWare NSS Volume 'VOL1:' without 'VOL1:tmp':

 VOL1:tmp

Attention

If you want to exclude a specific path then put entire path in the exclude list. Several excludes require a separation by commas.