Backblaze Custom Exclude

bzexcluderules_editable.xml

<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*" ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/.git/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />
<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*" ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/node_modules/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />
<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*" ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/_build/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />
<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*" ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/deps/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />

https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/220973007-Advanced-Topic-Setting-Custom-Exclusions-via-XML

In /Library/Backblaze.bzpkg/bzdata

This is awesome.
For anyone wondering how to get into the .bzpkg folder, the user needs to:
Go to the root Library folder, right-click the Backblaze.bzpkg , and click “Show Package Contents”

@jsonmaur thanks for this. Do you know if I need to restart backblaze or re-source this xml file for the new excludes to take effect? My backblaze is still backing up node_modules even though I have the exclude rules setup.

@celsowhite: Each line is lacking contains_2="*" property, therefore is invalid (as per Backlaze's docs)

Rule 3: An excludefname_rule must specify all criteria. Use "*" to skip criteria.

For each line to be valid, all of the properties below must be specified:

• plat
• osVers
• ruleIsOptional
• skipFirstCharThenStartsWith
• contains_1
• contains_2
• doesNotContain
• endsWith
• hasFileExtension

Thanks for the info @knikel. Looks like they updated their format since I set this up--those values weren't required before. I'll make the necessary changes.

Thank you!

With skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/", that would mean it only works for files under /users/?

@Svish Yes I believe so. The article linked in my first comment briefly mentions that it improves performance.