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Old 03-20-2009, 08:58 PM
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Excluding files by pattern

When I am backing up, I would like to exclude files and folders that match certain patterns:

.DS_Store
*~
*.bak
*.tmp
build (a folder name)
etc.
The script command Item Specification seems to require an absolute path from the root, though. Is there a way to specify a file pattern that will be matched wherever it occurs?

If not, could that feature be added? It would be very useful.
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Old 03-20-2009, 10:29 PM
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No. Of course, you can use wildcards at any given folder level -- e.g.

*/*/*/*.bak
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Old 03-21-2009, 12:18 AM
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Ah... So if I create a rule file called "exclude backup files" that rejects

ignore *.bak
ignore */*.bak
...
ignore */*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*.bak
and include it in a new copy script, then in that script I say to

copy Projects
Will the file Projects/MyProject/MyFile.txt.bak be included or excluded?
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Old 03-21-2009, 06:22 AM
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