I use the Exclude Dir Containing with a dotfile, the example is

Exclude Dir Containing = "excludemefrombackup.txt"

So I use ".nobackup" on unix, but any file will do.

Then just create this file in any directory you want excluded,
regardless of spaces, escaping or whatever. Much easier.

On 16 May 2014 22:52, Erik P. Olsen <epodata AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> On 16/05/14 18:17, Martin Simmons wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 14 May 2014 20:27:43 +0200, Erik P Olsen said:
>>>
>>> I want to exclude a directory on a laptop running Fedora 20. The directory
>>> contains a set of virtual machines that should not be backed up. The 
>>> directive
>>> in bacula-dir.conf is:
>>>
>>>     Exclude {
>>>       File = /home/erik/"VirtualBox VMs"
>>>     }
>>>
>>> Since the directory name has an embedded blank its name is enclosed within
>>> quotation marks but it is nevertheless being backed up.
>>>
>>> What's wrong?
>>
>> I suggest you post the whole fileset, because the problem may be in the
>> Include section.
>>
>
> FileSet {
>    Name = "Lenovo Set"
>    Include {
>      Options {
>        signature = MD5
>        compression = GZIP
>        aclsupport = yes
>      }
>      File = /home
>      File = /etc/bacula
>      File = /etc/fstab
>      File = /etc/hosts
>      File = /etc/sysconfig/bacula-fd
>    }
>    Exclude {
>      File = /home/erik/VirtualBox VMs
>    }
> }
>
> --
> Erik
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