Excluding Select Folders From Being Backed Up

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There are times when you might be storing a large static dataset in your home directory, but you do not need that data backed up to our nightly tape/disk-based backup system. If this is the case, you may configure your data not to be backed up by that system.

To exclude your data from our backups:

  • Move your static data (including its subfolders) into a separate folder in your home directory.
  • cd to your new data folder.
  • In your new data folder, create a file named .nsr and edit it to include the following:
skip: .
    • NOTE: An easy way to create the file without editing it by hand is, first, make sure you're in your new data folder, and then use the following command:
  • echo 'skip: .' >.nsr