From: Patrick Canterino <patrick@patrick-canterino.de>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:43:04 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Allow to exclude files and directories from the backup
X-Git-Url: https://git.p6c8.net/dsmonrot.git/commitdiff_plain/74f77c278c8a2ccc65a174eed00a444fd1b5e378

Allow to exclude files and directories from the backup

Options are directly passed to Drive Snapshot's `--exclude` parameter

Fixes GitHub issue #2
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diff --git a/dsmonrot.ps1 b/dsmonrot.ps1
index 7012cf1..8cefa45 100644
--- a/dsmonrot.ps1
+++ b/dsmonrot.ps1
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
 # 0 or less for indefinite
 # You should set this to at least the same as $keepMonths
 [Int32]$keepLogs = 2
+# Comma separated lists of files and directories to exclude from the backup
+# See http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/commandline.htm
+# Comment out if you don't want to use it
+#[String]$excludedPaths = "Path1,Path2"
 
 # Map network share to this drive letter, comment out if you don't want to use it
 [String]$smbDrive = "Z"
@@ -327,6 +331,11 @@ if($errorMessages.Count -eq 0) {
 			$backupTargetDiff = $backupTargetDiff + "-" + $currTime
 		}
 
+		# Compose the "exclude" parameter if necessary
+		if($excludedPaths) {
+			$dsAdditionalArgs += "--exclude:" + $excludedPaths
+		}
+
 		# Check if the backup target for this month, the directory for the full backup
 		# and the hash files exists. In this case we do a differential backup.
 		if((Test-Path $backupTarget) -and (Test-Path $backupTargetFull) -and (Test-Path "$backupTargetFull\*.hsh")) {