Hello, Thanks for reaching rdiff-backup community !
Will be happy to help. If you want to exclude all folder named ".pixi" from your backup. You need to add --exclude "**/.pixi". "**" Will match any subdirectories. You could read more about it in the man page. On Mon., Nov. 25, 2024, 10:05 Garjola Dindi, <garj...@garjola.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been using rdiff-backup happily for some years now without any > issue. So thanks! > > I am updating my use to exclude a set of directories that are created when > using virtual environments for python development. These directories are > created into the source trees and they are always called '.pixi'. Since > they are scattered all over the place when one has many projects, I can’t > use full paths or even relative paths to a common base dir. > > I first tried using --exclude '**.pixi', but they are still present in the > backups. I don't know if there is some interaction with other > include/exclude options, so I have tried using --exclude-regexp '.pixi' > and the result is the same. > > I am a bit ashamed of asking the question, but I have read the man page > and done some research on the internet and I still struggle to understand > what the problem is. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > G. > > >
