On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Craig Bell <rcbell AT cox DOT net> wrote:
> I'm using the webbrowser interface Configuration Editor. In the Host
> Config, I added a large filesystem to the RsyncShareName (/mydata) and
> also added a few subdirs under it to the BackupFilesExclude (/mydata/kvm
> and /mydata/vmware).  I have no trailing slashes on those dir names. I
> clicked the Override checkbox under both of these.
>
> My next backup seemed to ignore the BackupFilesExclude, and it backed up
> evevrything under /mydata including the kvm and vmware dirs.
>
> Did I miss something? Why did it backup the excluded directories?

When adding excludes, be sure the 'key' matches the share where the
exclusion applies (or '*' for all of them).  The value is the path to
exclude.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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