[Box Backup] Exclude directory with space in the name from backup on OS X - BB 0.10

E.W. Peter Jalajas boxbackup at fluffy.co.uk
Sat Oct 21 04:09:32 BST 2006


Not sure, but did you try:

    ExcludeDir = "/Volumes/raidA/files/pre\ theft"

(using  both quotes and escapes)

IIRC, I found that I needed to do something like that in bbackupquery
(in command-line quit mode, I believe).

--- Tobias Balle-Petersen <tbp at kontrapunkt.com> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I'm trying to prevent a folder within a backuplocation from being
> backed 
> up. The folder has a space in the name. For some reason the config
> below 
>   backups the unwanted folder "pre theft" within the 
> /Volumes/raidA/files hierarchy. Client is on OS X 10.4 and store is 
> Debian Linux.
> 
> files
> {
>    Path = /Volumes/raidA/files
>    ExcludeDir = "/Volumes/raidA/files/pre theft"
> }
> 
> I have also tried:
> ExcludeDir = /Volumes/raidA/files/pre\ theft
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Tobias
> 
> 
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