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Exclusions

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I want to exclude paths from the agent backup using wildcards but I am not sure of the format. e.g. I am backing up /xxx/yyy and want to exclude anything in the sub-directories under that level which have paths containing */zzz (this could be several more directory levels down), I have */zzz configured as a file mask exclusion but will this catch all I want it to?
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The exclude wildcard is indeed * so your assumption is correct.
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Re: Exclusions

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Hi,

I just want to clarify something: you basically want to backup everything in, say, /home, expect directories named zzz? Or you don't want to back up files named zzz?

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Re: Exclusions

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Yes everything in /home except directories named zzz and their contents
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Re: Exclusions

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Wildcards do not work with directories exclusions. Noted as feature request.

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[MERGED] Feature request: Wildcard prossessing in folder names

Post by mkevenaar »

Hi,

According to the documentation wildcards are supported in the "file Filters" dialog:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... l?ver=95u4

This works:
/my/folder/that/i/want/to/exclude/*

This does not work:
/my/folder/*/i/want/to/exclude/*

Could this be made possible?

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Maurice

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