Steven Johnson wrote at about 14:35:02 -0400 on Monday, May 16, 2011:
 > 
 > Thank you for your reply; I would like to exclude all .bak files from ever 
 > being backed up (in any share and its subfolders) but i cannot figure out 
 > how to do this. I used the "*" for all shares but it only excludes .bak 
 > files from the root of each share NOT their subfolders. Is this more clear? 
 > Thanks for your help.

Please don't Top Quote - it makes the thread hard to read for those of
us who may be trying to help you...

What is the value of the relevant variables you are setting to do the
includes/excludes and to specify the share names?

The devil is often in the details - quotes, precise syntax, etc...

How can we help you if you seem to be so resistant to giving even the
slightest bit of information needed to help you?

 >  
 > -Steven
 > 
 > > Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 03:11:50 +0200
 > > From: wbppc AT parplies DOT de
 > > To: stageonedesign AT hotmail DOT com
 > > CC: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
 > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files from share and its subfolders
 > > 
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > Steven Johnson wrote on 2011-05-14 04:57:18 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] 
 > > Exclude files from share and its subfolders]:
 > > > Greetings,
 > > > I've excluded a few files and folders from being backed up but i would
 > > > like to exclude certain files (e.g. *.bak files and /.AppleDB folders
 > > > from all subfolders under the main share. I'm using Rsyncd, btw. Thanks
 > > > in advance.
 > > 
 > > well, why don't you do that?
 > > 
 > > Assuming your statement was meant as a question and I'm guessing the 
 > > correct
 > > question(s), you should either
 > > 
 > > 1.) look at the rsync man page for the syntax of rsync excludes (BackupPC
 > > uses the excludes verbatim and in the order you specify them, in case
 > > you were wondering),
 > > 2.) look at the main config file for how to make excludes apply to a 
 > > certain
 > > share, or
 > > 3.) rest assured that that is possible.
 > > 
 > > I *could* quote the man page and config file verbatim, but that's unlikely
 > > to help you. If you don't understand part of the explanation in these
 > > sources, you're going to have to be more specific about what you don't
 > > understand. You're unlikely to find anyone here prepared to rephrase both
 > > of these documents in the hope of maybe making one point more clear for
 > > you.
 > > 
 > > Hope that helps.
 > > 
 > > Regards,
 > > Holger
 > > 
 > > P.S.: I've got a spare ")" and you seem to be missing one. Take mine.      
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