[BackupPC-users] excluding files from backup

So what is the proper syntax for excluding files backed up via smb from a 
windows box (folders too)?
I have this currently, and I have tried adding a wildcard   '/WINDOWS/*' , no 
difference  :

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { 
  '*' => [ 
    '/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files/', 
    '/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Temp/', 
    '/Documents and Settings/*/NTUSER.DAT', 
    '/Documents and Settings/*/ntuser.dat.LOG', 
    '/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Application 
Data/Microsoft/Windows/UsrClass.dat', 
    '/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Application 
Data/Microsoft/Windows/UsrClass.dat.LOG', 
    '/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Application 
Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/*/Cache/', 
    '/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Application 
Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/*/OfflineCache/', 
    '/Documents and Settings/*/Recent/', 
    '*.lock', 
    'Thumbs.db', 
    'IconCache.db', 
    'Cache', 
    'cache', 
    '/WINDOWS/', 
    '/RECYCLER/', 
    '/MSOCache/', 
    '/System Volume Information/', 
    '/AUTOEXEC.BAT', 
    '/BOOTSECT.BAK', 
    '/CONFIG.SYS', 
    '/hiberfil.sys', 
    '/pagefile.sys', 
    '/WINNT/' 
  ] 
};

I found this thread which seems to imply my slashes need to go the other way ?? 
   like  '\WINDOWS\'  ??

http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lists-3/backuppc-21/backupfilesexclude-via-smb-for-windows-shares-solved-90560/

This thread has similar information:
http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT 
net/msg08889.html

SO, what IS the proper way to define excludes so it's not going to back up the 
windows folder and similar?






HISTORY:

It's set to : 

$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {}; 

My file count / reuse summary is basically not changed (which I would expect 
some numbers to drop) in the web admin for the machine's latest backup. 

In the latest xfer log for this morning, just a SMALL sampling: 

create d 755 0/0 0 System Volume Information 
create d 755 0/0 0 temp 
create d 755 0/0 0 TempEI4 
create d 755 0/0 0 WINDOWS 
create d 755 0/0 0 WINDOWS/$968930Uinstall_KB968930$ 
create d 755 0/0 0 WINDOWS/$968930Uinstall_KB968930$/spuninst 
create d 755 0/0 0 WINDOWS/$hf_mig$ 
create d 755 0/0 0 WINDOWS/$hf_mig$/KB2079403 
create d 755 0/0 0 WINDOWS/$hf_mig$/KB2079403/SP3QFE 
create d 755 0/0 0 WINDOWS/$hf_mig$/KB2079403/update 
create d 755 0/0 0 WINDOWS/$hf_mig$/KB2115168 

pool 644 0/0 30216 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MOFCOMP.EXE-01718E95.pf 
pool 644 0/0 55314 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MRT.EXE-1B4A8D49.pf 
pool 644 0/0 7844 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MRTSTUB.EXE-0574A4ED.pf 
create 644 0/0 110134 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MSACCESS.EXE-175F0AD1.pf 
pool 644 0/0 171224 WINDOWS/Prefetch/MSCORSVW.EXE-1366B4F5.pf 



SSzretter wrote on 2011-08-31 13:37:13 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] excluding files 
from backup]: 
After further investigation, I believe my file exclusions are not working in 
backuppc. I checked some random machine transfer logs and I see lots of 
entries for /WINDOWS/... 
In my config.pl this (and other) directories should be exuded. I am using 
SMB to do backups (xp machines mostly): 

Do I need anything besides this: ? 


--- reply: 


err, beside the question mark? 

You need to not have set BackupFilesOnly. What does your log file say? 

Regards, 
Holger

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