Excluding Files From The Backup

To exclude files from the backup, create a file called Backup_exclude in the top backup directory. This file contains a list of patterns, one per line; each of these patterns can exclude zero, one, or many files. These patterns are regular expressions that can contain wildcards such as ``*'' or ``?''. An example Backup_exclude file might contain:

    tmp
    backup
    mnt
    cdrom
    *.aux
    *.bak
    *.jou
    *.log
    *.dvi
    *~
    .*~
    *.o
    #*#
    core
    dead.letter