> Hi,
>
> Steve Blackwell wrote on 2008-08-04 18:31:38 -0400 [[BackupPC-users]
> Problems excluding files.]:
>> [...]

>> Id there something wrong with my $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}  
>
> yes.
>
>> or do I need to add --exclude <something> to TarIncrArgs?  
>
> No.
>
> You need to use the "share" name as hash key. Since you're using
> XferMethod tar, chances are your "share" is "/", so you'd have
>
>   $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>     '/' => [
>       '/proc',
>       '/sys',
>       '/tmp'
>     ],
>     '/whatever/share/you/mean/by/backup' => [
>       '/media'
>     ]
>   };
>
> You *can* use '*' as hash key if you want the excludes to apply to
> every share not explicitly given an exclude list, but it seems better
> practise (and less error prone) to explicitly list excludes by share
> like you did.
> 
> Regards,
> Holger

Aahh!!! Thanks Holger. 
I had not understood the use of the hash key. I thought it was just a
kind of group name for some excludes.
Now everything is working as expected.

Steve

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