Directory flags problem

Server
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Hello! Thank you for your product.

My structure
Server - Ubuntu server 14.04
Clients: Ubuntu 14.04, Mac OS 10.11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1

I need a backup only files. I do not want to set for each client individual settings. For general setting “Default directories to backup” I try to use flags. It looks this: “C:\Users/optional; /home/optional; /Users/optional”.

When backups Ubuntu client get the following error:
Errors 08/08/16 13:25 Creating snapshot of “C:\Users/optional” failed
Errors 08/08/16 13:25 Cannot get device for filesystem C:\Users/optional
Errors 08/08/16 13:25 Creating snapshot of “optional” failed.
Errors 08/08/16 13:25 Cannot access path to backup: “C:\Users/optional” Errorcode: 2 - No such file or directory
Errors 08/08/16 13:25 Constructing of filelist of “ubuntu-urbackup-client” failed: error - index error
Errors 08/08/16 13:26 Backup had an early error. Deleting partial backup.

Mac:
Errors 08/08/16 13:47 Cannot access path to backup: “C:\Users/optional” Errorcode: 2 - No such file or directory
Errors 08/08/16 13:47 Constructing of filelist of “mac-client.lan” failed: error - index error
Errors 08/08/16 13:47 Backup had an early error. Deleting partial backup.

Maybe there is a solution for my case (client Mac, Linux, Win)? If not, how best do I use flags? I relied on paragraph 8.3.4 documentation.

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It looks as if you need to set it as this:

C:\Users|User files/optional; /home|home/optional; /users|users/optional

I could be wrong, but it may require you to add in the pipe ‘|’ to set the flags.

https://www.urbackup.org/administration_manual.html#x1-640008.3.4

Directory flags Each directory to backup has a set of flags. If you do not specify any flags the default flags will be used. Otherwise only the flags you specify are used.
Flags are specified by appending them after the backup location name (separated by “/”). Flags themselves are sparated by “,”.

If you want to set the optional flag:

C:\Users|User files/follow_symlinks,symlinks_optional,share_hashes,optional

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Its working! It is so obvious
ttrammell, thank you