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Ignoring dirs containing string

Hi,

I tried to edit the Backup - all files.dset to ignore directories that have the string "dont_backup_me" appended to their name. (eg. "/Users/me/Music/TempMusic_dont_backup_me" or "/Store_dont_backup_me"). I edited the Copy script and added an "ignore" command under the "Script Commands" tab. Item Specification is "*dont_backup_me*". I also made sure that this is the first line in the "Script Commands" tab. Superduper! didn't ignore those dirs and bloated the backup image. Did I missed something?
The backup image is located on an encrypted samba share - but I think that this is not related to my problem.

Thanks much

Stefan

Hm. We use standard Unix globbing to expand the regular expression, and that should, indeed, work...

Should I file an bug report then?

I verified that it worked at this end, Nicolinux. I'd need to try to reproduce your exact problem, so you can feel free to send me your script and I'll take a look.

I tried it again too. It doesent work for me :(
I created a disk image with the following contents:

Code:

ABCDE

FGHIJ

KLMNO

PQRST

UVWXYZ

XXXY_dont_backup_me

dont_backup_me

mit_unter

sldkjfalsdjf_dont_backup_me_llflflf

tttt_dont_backup_me

These are just some random directories. I'd like to ignore those that contain "dont_backup_me" in their name.
Therefore I created a custom copy script, included the "Backup - all files.dset" and added an entry "ignore - *dont_backup_me*"
This should take care of it, but it doesent. The destination diskimage after the backup contains every single directory with it's contents.

Here is my custom script:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

        <key>Class</key>

        <string>Composite</string>

        <key>Description</key>

        <string>Test</string>

        <key>Directives</key>

        <array>

                <dict>

                        <key>Directive</key>

                        <string>exclude</string>

                        <key>Item</key>

                        <string>*dont_backup_me*</string>

                </dict>

        </array>

        <key>Include Directives</key>

        <array>

                <string>Backup - all files.dset</string>

        </array>

</dict>

</plist>

Thanks much.

Stefan

With those folders, in Terminal, what does:

ls *dont_backup_me*

match?

The following:

Code:

XXXY_dont_backup_me:

Picture 3.png



dont_backup_me:

Picture 4.png



sldkjfalsdjf_dont_backup_me_llflflf:

Picture 1.png   Picture 5.png



tttt_dont_backup_me:

Picture 2.png

Hm, this is pretty annoying. I thought that shell globing and wildcards are pretty basic stuff to take care by the developers. I wonder why such a high prized backup tool fails here. Unless it's my fault or something with the filesystem is wrong I think it's really time to file a proper bug report.

Thanks, Stefan

I've tested this again here. I used a source image with the following folders at the top:

Code:

backup_me

dont_backup_me

please_dont_backup_me

My copy script included "Backup - all files", and then ignored "*dont_backup_me*".

I did a Smart Update. When I was done, only "backup_me" was present on the destination. It seems to be working fine...