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sr #109036: How to exclude hidden files

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Submitted:  Wed 11 May 2016 02:26:29 PM UTC
   
 
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Mon 23 May 2016 07:40:00 AM UTC, comment #3: 

Thanks man! You helped me a lot! :)

Anonymous
Sun 22 May 2016 06:06:10 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Hi,

sorry for the late response but due to a problem with this site I was not able to answer.

Regards.

Heinz-Josef Claes <hjclaes>
Group administrator
Sun 22 May 2016 06:05:03 PM UTC, comment #1: 

For me,

exceptRule= '$file =~ \'(/\.)|(^\.)\''

seems to work - but it doesn't do what you want.

Remember, $file contains the relative path plus the filename. So simply using ^\. will only match, if the files are on the top level directory.
Also, with exceptRule you can exclude files but not directories! So the pattern above only excludes singular files starting with a dot.


If you want to exclude directories, you have to use exceptDirs.
The wildcards (not pattern) you need to exclude, depends on the relative path in your backup directory.
Example: If your backupDir is '/', and you want to exclude all dot files in your home directories, use
exceptDirs = //.*
This will e.g. match /home/bob/.something


Btw,
I'm using:
exceptRule= '$file =~ m#/\.thumbnails/#' or
    '$file =~ m#/te?mp/#i' or
    '$file =~ m#cache/#i' or
    '&::MARK_DIR_REC($file, ".dontBackup")'
This stores the important hidden files but not the garbage in it. Also, I can tag a directory with ".dontBackup" .


Hope this helps.

Heinz-Josef Claes <hjclaes>
Group administrator
Wed 11 May 2016 02:26:29 PM UTC, original submission:  

I want to exclude hidden files and directories from my backup. I tried to set up an exceptRule (exceptRule='$file =~ /^\./') but it didn't work and I always get this error: 
invalid or no range in param <exceptRule=$file =~ /^\./>, exiting

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