Where do you set "ignore" varibles for incramental backup?

[WebHostPro]

I use daily incremental backups but some files I need to ignore like old spam ect.. Where do I put the ignore file and what is the name for this so cpanel's incremental backup will ignore what I put in the file?

Thanks!

 

[cPanelTristan]

If the file is not on a set account but the global server, you can set the files and folders in /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf file. Otherwise, you can put or create the file in /home/username/cpbackup-exclude.conf for files and folders on individual accounts. Wildcards can be used in the file or folder name or path.

 

[WebHostPro]

Awesome, thanks Tristan

 

[cPanelDon]

I use daily incremental backups but some files I need to ignore like old spam ect.. Where do I put the ignore file and what is the name for this so cpanel's incremental backup will ignore what I put in the file?

Thanks!

If the file is not on a set account but the global server, you can set the files and folders in /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf file. Otherwise, you can put or create the file in /home/username/cpbackup-exclude.conf for files and folders on individual accounts. Wildcards can be used in the file or folder name or path.

Adding to what cPanelTristan has mentioned, we have the following documentation that details usage of the described feature: Excluding Files from Backup Using cpbackup-exclude.conf

During testing I found the following entries will exclude the ".Junk", ".spam", and ".Trash" directories within an e-mail account; via IMAP the folders may appear simply as "Junk", "spam", and "Trash", but on the filesystem they are prefixed with a period:

# cat ~user/cpbackup-exclude.conf
*/.Junk
*/.spam
*/.Trash