gavannon Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) I'm trying to use BitTorrent Sync to backup my Mac's "user" folder (/Users/Chris) to my PC and Linux server. (So my documents, photos, etc.) But I want to ignore certain things, like the Library folder, Desktop folder, and Movies folder. Here's what I've tried: A .SyncIgnore file directly in /Users/Chris. I've tried the following contents: Attempt 1:LibraryDesktopMovies Attempt 2:Library*Desktop*Movies* Attempt 3:~/Library*~/Desktop*~/Movies* To my frustration, none of these attempts have stopped these 3 folders from syncing. I've tried restarting BitTorrent Sync each time after each change. I've ensured the .SyncIgnore file has read and write permissions for users, group, and other. I've even added a .SyncIgnore file to the destination computers, with each of these attempts. All zero luck. It still syncs everything. What am I doing wrong? Edited April 16, 2014 by gavannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevellyan Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Paths in .SyncIgnore are relative to the root of the sync folder, so if you're syncing /Users/Chris, to exclude /Users/Chris/Library from the sync, put the following line in the .SyncIgnore in /Users/Chris:/Librarywhich means "ignore Library in the root of the sync folder". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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