Hi everyone,

>I want to exclude the entire contents of a file from backup on a MAC Client.
>Specifically I want the entire contents of my Trash
>to be excluded. When I use the exclude command:
>
>Exclude "...:Trash:*"
>
>the files in Trash are excluded, but the folders in Trash are still backed up!
>The closest I have been able to come is to have the lines:
>
>Exclude "...:Trash:*"
>Exclude "...:Trash:*.*"
>Exclude "...:Trash:*.*.*"
>Exclude "...:Trash:*.*.*.*"
>
>This seems to work (as long as I don't nest my folders more than three
levels de
>ep
>within Trash. This is not a very satisfactory solution.
>
>I also tried the ...: option, so it read
>
>Exclude "...:Trash:...:*"
>
>I don't think this worked. I also can't verify exactly what it did.
>I which I could check because I think what it did was very weird: it copied the
>files (which I was trying to avoid) and immediately expired them. So they are
>still there, but inactive?  Any input is greatly appreciated.

Abi
(Abi.Admassu AT ucop DOT edu)