Ignore folder on target disk?

[thaistickdick]

Thanks Dave.

I've tried the Terminal command but I'm getting the message 'In /X_Stuff: No such file or directory'.

My backup volume is called "X Backup" and I ran the command "ln -s /Volumes/X Backup/X_Stuff /X_Stuff" after I had created the X_Stuff folder on the backup volume.

I'm a bit of a Terminal cretin and haven't used symlinks before, so I don't know if I should see a symlink folder appear on my main volume or not. Does it work in a similar way to an alias?

After reading your comments though I think I may just try to free up some space on my main and storage volumes and leave the backup one well alone. I've already had my firewire port (or cable, I'm unable to check until I can get out to a store) fried this week, so I'm having to do backups via USB 1.1. I'd be miffed if I screwed up and had to re-clone.

I appreciate you taking the time to reply though.