IIRC, with double asterisks. Like so: --exclude "**.[mM][pP]3" --exclude "**/prf*.tmp"
Works for me... Regards Maarten On 10/12/11 20:01, Michael Westman wrote: > Hello, I'm having problems figuring out how to exclude files from a backup. > > For instance I'm backing up an entire tree and buried inside that tree > is a file called Outlook.ost that I'd like to exclude since it is > basically a temp file. However when I put in --exclude "*.ost" I get > an error that says that nothing in the base directory matches that > string. That is correct since the *.ost is buried. > > So, how do I do this? > > Thanks, > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
