Exclude entire directories

client
1

I don’t understand the documentation and it does not even seem to match the default exclusions (on Windows clients).

I want to exclude the entire folder and all of it’s contents for

c:\Users\keithdavis\Pictures

But if I add it just like that, it’s not working.

2

I changed it to this:

C:\Users\keithdavis\Pictures*

Still not working.

3

Is it because I’ve added this path explicitly?

C:\Users\keithdavis

4

I’ve now even removed C:\Users\keithdavis from the paths to be backed up, but it has no effect on what is being backed up. My client is ignoring these settings:

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Even though I have the ability to change these disabled on the client:

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5

I completely removed all of client specific settings and any relevant server settings. On the client, I am backing up these 2 paths:

I have only one exclusion:

C:\Users\keithdavis\Pictures*

But that folder still gets backed up (and all the contents).

6

Well, I changed it to \Pictures\ and it’s working now. Wait, that directory is a symlink (actually, it’s a mklink Directory Junction), could that be why the explicit path does not work?