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Back In Time - An easy-to-use backup tool for GNU/Linux using rsync in the back
https://backintime.readthedocs.io
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additional files to be excluded #170

Closed Germar closed 8 years ago

Germar commented 9 years ago

This is more of a suggestion list then a bug report, I also invite other people to freely add to this bug (I could not find a duplicate) for the same purpose.

Here is a list of files that should be excluded by default, as they cause problems: 1) /dosdevices/?: they are soft links created by wine, normally in .wine/dosedvices/?: but possibly in other places (e.g. picasaweb installation), they often include broken links that cause problems. They are recreated by win automatically in any case 2) ~/.DCOP include several special files that are created by kde and cannot be back-upped properly 3) .pulse/*remote links created by pulseaudio (I think) to temporary storage, often broken and in any case they are recreated automatically

Imported from Launchpad using lp2gh.

buhtz commented 8 years ago

I would suggest closing this issue. The 3 cases described are quite special. The user can add that files/folders by her/himself when she/he really need it.