excludeDirs ignored in ntfs-hardlink-backup.ps1

[andrekis]

hi
beautifull tool, well done

still, i cant seem to get excludeDirs to be respected by the script

i added in the end of ps1 script the following

DEBUGGING

echo "PASTAS EXCLUIDAS : $excludeDirs"
if ($LogFile) {
"rnPastas excluidas : $excludeDirs" | Out-File "$LogFile" -encoding ASCII -append
}
Start-Sleep -Seconds 10

and the folders get shown there, in the log, but the backup keeps copying them, instead of ignoring them

best regards from Portugal, in 2023

[andrekis]

hi
i see now that exclusions are relative to source and not full paths

i find that managing excluded dirs is not "the best"
for example, supose we have folders like
c:\s1\f1 c:\s1\f2 c:\s2\f1 c:\s2\f2
we can specify two sources in ini file
backupSources=C:\s1,c:\s2
and can choose to exclude folders, like
excludeDirs=f1

but....
f1 will get excluded on both sources,
because we can not specify the full path of the exclusion, its always relative to source

supose we need to exclude c:\s1\f1, but backup c:\s2\f1
it will not work

i an trying several sintax tests of exclusions, but still without sucess

best regards from Portugal, in 2023