Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding files

[Alex Schaft]

Craig Barratt wrote: Alex Schaft writes: I'm trying to stop backuppc from backing up mp3 files. I've tried setting the exclude file parameter to *.mp3 as well as just mp3, but they're still being backed up. What is your XferMethod? SMB to windows clients. I checked the archives, and found the below from 2002, but it didn't work properly (All of the sudden it was failing to backup folders with a single character e.g. \\client\docs\b, where these folders didn't exist. $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [ "*/Temporary Internet Files/*", "*.MP3", "*.mp3" ]; -- Alex Schaft Quick Software Tel: +27-(0)11-451-9100 Fax: +27-(0)86-674-6981