Global exclude file
To exclude files or directories from your backups for all user accounts, add those files or directories to the /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf file.
The backup system excludes the following files and directories for all users’ backups by default:
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*/.wysiwygPro_**/core.[0-9].MirrorSearch.cpan.cpanel/caches.cpanel/datastore.cpcpan.sqmailattachaccess-logspublic_ftp/.ftpquota |
Local exclude file
To exclude files or directories from an individual user’s backups, add the files or directories to exclude to the cpbackup-exclude.conf file in the user’s directory, one per line.
If the file does not already exist, you must create it. To do this, run the following command:
touch /home/username/cpbackup-exclude.conf |
Notes:
- In this example,
usernamerepresents the name of the user who owns the files or directories. - If you enter a directory name, the backup system excludes all of the files that are inside the directory.
- Do not include leading or trailing characters of any kind, such as slashes (
/) or periods (.). - The global and local exclude files apply to the account backups that you manage in WHM’s Backup section (Home >> Backup) and the Download or Generate a Full Website Backup feature in cPanel’s Backups interface (Home >> Files >> Backups).
- If you initiate a Home Directory backup in cPanel’s Backups interface (Home >> Files >> Backups), the global and local exclude files do not affect the contents of the backup file.
Via command line:
/scripts/pkgacct username /path/where/it/should/go backup
/scripts/pkgacct username /path/where/it/should/go userbackup
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