Directory Exclusions Based On Path

I've tried various combinations, but haven't been able to do it yet. I suspect that it's not matching based on a path, but just based on a folder name. So, if you want it to exclude \PortableGAIM\Data\Settings\.gaim\icons, you'd have to just enter "icons". Problem with that is if there are any other folders labeled "icons", it will exclude them all.

Any other way to do this?

Eric

Would it be insanely difficult to add "exclude regexps" instead of just excludes based loosely on extensions and directory?

That way, it would be possible to backup everything, except things that matches:
^#.*#$
^*.~$
^.*\.bak$


Exclusions based on file extension could be simply

\.exe$


Exclusions aiming solely at directories would be more difficult to make as rule that excludes a directory called MyDirectory would also exclude a file by the same name. (This inconvenience is a small price to pay for the added flexibility.)

(a list of possible reasonable exclusions would be quick and userfriendly to make)

I'll look at doing something for the next version. Sorry for not posting back sooner, I've been on holiday!

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