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.Trash
.cache
.ccache
.dropbox
.dvdcss
.fontconfig
.zcompdump
Library/Caches
Library/Logs
Library/Saved Application State
.DS_Store
.Spotlight-*/
.Trashes
/afs/*
/automount/*
/cores/*
/dev/*
/Network/*
/private/tmp/*
/private/var/run/*
/private/var/spool/postfix/*
/private/var/vm/*
/Previous Systems.localized
/tmp/*
/Volumes/*
*/.Trash
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/48311/what-do-you-filter-exclude-list-when-doing-backup-with-rsync
## Universal excludes
lost+found
ld.so.cache
# backup text files (e.g. from Emacs)
- *~
- \#*\#
# Commonly distributed Mac OS X cache
- .DS_Store
# Commonly distributed Windows cache
- Thumbs.db
## Root file system
- /dev/
- /etc/modules.conf
- /media/
- /proc/
- /sys/
- /tmp/
- /usr/portage/
- /usr/src/
- /var/tmp/
- /var/log/
# Of the mounted stuff, whitelist only my two data partitions
- /mnt/
+ /mnt/data1
+ /mnt/data2
# Common package managers (apt, yum)
- /var/cache/apt/
- /var/cache/yum/
## Filters for home dirs (assumes /home/<user> dir structure)
# Cache
- /home/*/.cache/
# Downloads
- /home/*/Downloads/
+ /home/*/Downloads/src/
# Dropbox
- /home/*/Dropbox
# Temporary files / cache
- /home/*/.local/share/Trash
- /home/*/.cache
- /home/*/.Trash
# X Windows System
- /home/*/.xsession-errors*
# Gnome temp stuff
- /home/*/.compiz*/session
- /home/*/.gksu.lock
- /home/*/.gvfs
# Common Applications
# Adobe Reader
- /home/*/.adobe/**/AssetCache/
- /home/*/.adobe/**/Cache/
- /home/*/.adobe/**/Temp/
- /home/*/.adobe/**/UserCache.bin
# Dropbox temp stuff
- /home/*/.dropbox/
- /home/*/.dropbox-dist/
# Gimp
- /.gimp-*/tmp
- /.gimp-*/swap
# Mozilla Firefox
- /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/
- /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/lock
- /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock
# Mozilla Thunderbird
- /home/*/.mozilla-thunderbird/*/lock
- /home/*/.mozilla-thunderbird/*/.parentlock
# Pidgin (accounts.xml contains passwords in clear text)
- /home/*/.purple/accounts.xml
/tmp/*
/Network/*
/cores/*
*/.Trash
/afs/*
/automount/*
/private/tmp/*
/private/var/run/*
/private/var/spool/postfix/*
/private/var/vm/*
/Previous Systems.localized
.Spotlight-*/
._*
Personal
personal
.Spotlight-*/
.Trashes
/afs/*
/automount/*
/cores/*
/dev/*
/Network/*
/private/tmp/*
/private/var/run/*
/private/var/spool/postfix/*
/private/var/vm/*
/Previous Systems.localized
/tmp/*
/Volumes/*
*/.Trash
.fseventsd
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