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Filename Exclusions

These are files that are generally ignored when backing up, archiving, moving files, etc.

Rsync

You can save this list as a file, then use it to exclude files:

rsync --exclude-from=FILE
._*
*~
Thumbs.db
.DS_Store
#*
*#
:2*
.Apple*
.TemporaryItems
Temporary Items
lost+found
rdiff-backup-data
Network Trash Folder
Backups

These are the files excluded in some configurations of Backup Manager

See BM_TARBALL_BLACKLIST variable.

*~
Network\ Trash\ Folder
.recycle
/dev
/sys
/proc
/tmp
.AppleDouble
lost+found
.DS_Store
._*
:2eTemporaryItems
rdiff-backup-data
*.mov
*.mp4
*.flv
.AppleDB
.AppleDesktop
zarchive
*.dmg