RichMorin Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 I'm using All Except Cache Files, extended to exclude: or matching file name ends with .cache or matching (enclosing folder) name exactly matches Caches or matching (enclosing folder) name exactly matches Library and (folder) name exactly matches Logs or matching (enclosing folder) name exactly matches private and (folder) name exactly matches var I've tried assorted exclude rules with no success. What's the magic for excluding /var (aka /private/var)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichMorin Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 FYI, I'm running Retrospect Backup (Desktop) 6.1 on a Power Mac G3. All machines are running Mac OS X 10.4.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 I won't question your reasons for wanting to omit backup of /private/var ; that's a very critical folder to be backed up, so you must have your reasons not to do so. A correct rule (there are many) to replace your everything following the last "or matching" would would be (enclosing folder) path name ends with /private/var/ Hint: from page 176 of the Retrospect User's Guide: Quote: Path names always begin with the volume name and list the hierarchy of folders, separating folder names with ... forward slashes (Mac OS X). When you use "path name" and "End With" or "Match" ... to find a folder, you must type a slash at the end of the path name. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichMorin Posted December 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Thanks for the answer, as well as the advice. I'll be a bit more specific in my exclusions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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