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.. _borg_patterns:
borg help patterns
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::
Exclude patterns use a variant of shell pattern syntax, with '*' matching any
number of characters, '?' matching any single character, '[...]' matching any
single character specified, including ranges, and '[!...]' matching any
character not specified. For the purpose of these patterns, the path
separator ('\' for Windows and '/' on other systems) is not treated
specially. For a path to match a pattern, it must completely match from
start to end, or must match from the start to just before a path separator.
Except for the root path, paths will never end in the path separator when
matching is attempted. Thus, if a given pattern ends in a path separator, a
'*' is appended before matching is attempted. Patterns with wildcards should
be quoted to protect them from shell expansion.
Examples:
# Exclude '/home/user/file.o' but not '/home/user/file.odt':
$ borg create -e '*.o' backup /
# Exclude '/home/user/junk' and '/home/user/subdir/junk' but
# not '/home/user/importantjunk' or '/etc/junk':
$ borg create -e '/home/*/junk' backup /
# Exclude the contents of '/home/user/cache' but not the directory itself:
$ borg create -e /home/user/cache/ backup /
# The file '/home/user/cache/important' is *not* backed up:
$ borg create -e /home/user/cache/ backup / /home/user/cache/important