How to avoid backing up these type of files

WebHostPro

• January 28, 2015 03:01

I would love to find a way to avoid cpanel back up to not back up .tar.gz back ups files that have been sitting on an account. The files look like this: backup-1.26.2014_20-19-49_username.tar.gz Is there a way to not back these up but still back up other .tar.gz files. I use incremental backups for this server.

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  24x7server

  • January 28, 2015 11:54

  Hello, You can exclude that file by updating /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf on your server. Here are the documentation of this topic :

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 28, 2015 13:55

  Hello :) Yes, as mentioned in the previous post, you can exclude certain files from backups, and even use wildcards to exclude certain file names or file types: Backup Exclusions Thank you.

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  WebHostPro

  • January 28, 2015 18:17

  Thanks, I know about being able to block files. Sorry I should of mentioned that. I more specifically trying to do this file type and am trying to figure out how. backup-1.26.2014_20-19-49_username.tar.gz Can I block anything that has the word back up in it and is a tar.gz? *-1.26.2014_20-19-49_*.tar.gz It seems like I can only do: *.tar.gz Which would block all .tar.gz files. Maybe I can block just files are that are certain size? For example all .tar.gz files that are over 20 mb

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 29, 2015 15:53

  You can't exclude files by their size, but you are welcome to submit a feature request for that via: Submit A Feature Request You could block all files that start with "backup-" in the account's home directory. Thank you.

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  jortiz565

  • April 28, 2015 14:55

  Hello, I have a question about excluding some files in the new backup system. If we want to avoid for example all files in home with extension .gz.tar we just add these line?: *.tar.gz ? If we want to block specific extension inside user his home directory including sub directories we need to use the wildcard? Something like: */*.tar.gz I'm right? Thanks, Jonathan

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 29, 2015 13:32

  Hello, Yes, wildcards are accepted in the cpbackup-exclude.conf file. The examples you provided should work without issue. Thank you.

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