exclude

These parameters are used with the backup disk, backup file, and backup vm commands.

exclude_names

--exclude_names=<names>

Files and folders to be excluded from the backup. For example, c:\pagefile.sys,c:\hiberfil.sys.

exclude_mask

--exclude_mask=<masks>

Masks to select files to be excluded from the backup. For more details, see the description of the exclude parameter used in the recover file command.

exclude_system

--exclude_system

In file systems that are supported by Windows, type this parameter to skip files and folders with the System attribute. If a folder has the System attribute, all of its contents (including files that do not have the System attribute) will be excluded.

exclude_hidden

--exclude_hidden

Type this parameter to skip files and folders that have the Hidden attribute (for file systems that are supported by Windows) or that start with a period (.) (for file systems in Linux such as Ext2 and Ext3). If a folder is hidden, all of its contents (including files that are not hidden) will be excluded.