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- ; Default filename: MRBackup.bflt
- ;
- ; This is MRBackup's "backup filter" file. It provides you with very precise control
- ; over the file selection process. You may toggle between "include" specifications or
- ; "exclude" specifications freely. An "include" section is started with :INCLUDE:
- ; appearing on a line by itself. An "exclude" section is started with :EXCLUDE:
- ; appearing on a line by itself. Individual specifications consist of ARP-style
- ; filename selection patterns. Here is a brief summary of the ARP filename pattern
- ; syntax:
- ;
- ; Character Meaning
- ; -------- -------
- ; ? Match any single character.
- ; % Match the null string.
- ; #<p> Match zero or more occurrences of pattern <p>.
- ; * Match any pattern (same as #?).
- ; <p1><p2> Match pattern <p1> followed by pattern <p2>.
- ; ( ) Parentheses group patterns together.
- ; (<p1>|<p2>) Match if either <p1> or <p2> match (parentheses req'd.).
- ; [] Character class (ex: [a-z] or [0-9] ).
- ; ~<p> Negation: match anything BUT pattern <p>.
- ; Example: "~*.info" means all files except those
- ; ending in ".info" (quotes for illustration only)
- ; ' Escape next special character. Useful for filenames
- ; which contain question marks, quotes, etc.
- ;
- ; As you probably have guessed, any line beginning with a semi-colon (;) is a
- ; comment and will be ignored by MRBackup. Empty lines are also ignored.
- ; IMPORTANT! All pattern specifications are assumed to be relative to the "Home
- ; Path" specification and must contain no device name component (characters followed
- ; by a colon (:). For instance, to specify files in your sys:devs/printers directory,
- ; the pattern would be "devs/printers/<pattern>", NOT "sys:devs/printers/<pattern>".
- ;
- :INCLUDE:
- ; Place your :INCLUDE: specifications here:
-
- ; If you wish to backup specific areas of your disk, the :INCLUDE: mechanism is
- ; probably what you want to use. If any :INCLUDE: specifications appear in this
- ; file, MRBackup will ignore all but the device name portion of the "Home Path"
- ; specification. It is very important to distinguish between :INCLUDE: patterns
- ; and :EXCLUDE: patterns. :INCLUDE:" patterns must be specified down to the FILENAME
- ; level, while :EXCLUDE: patterns may be specified to either the directory or
- ; filename level. For instance, to include all the files in the System directory,
- ; your :INCLUDE: pattern would be "System/#?" (or "System/*"). To exclude all of
- ; the files in the System directory, your pattern can be simply "System".
- ;
- :EXCLUDE:
- ;
- ; Place your :EXCLUDE: specifications here:
-
- ; The :EXCLUDE: specifications are best used when you intend to backup most of a
- ; disk partition but you wish to omit a select group of files from the backup.
- ; Depending on the patterns specified, you can omit whole directories (and their
- ; subdirectories) or individual files. As an example, the following patterns will
- ; omit all Trashcan icons, their folders and their contents:
- ;
- ; (Trashcan.info|Trashcan)
- ;
- ; Note that "Trashcan/#?" could also be used in the second pattern above.
- ; However, the above specification is more efficient since it omits the
- ; whole directory before it is ever scanned.
-
- ; The best way to learn how to use this filter is to experiment with it. It is
- ; quite likely that you will derive multiple copies of this file to support
- ; different backup requirements for different projects.
- ;
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