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  • February 25, 2019 at 7:49 am #356258
    michael133
    Participant

    Hi,
    In the Settings area, I have configured to backup “Any other directories found inside wp-content” but there are also some exception rules that are not working. One of them is the Updraft directory which I don’t want to backup since it doesn’t make sense.

    How can I make this work? Because of that not working fine I get a Warning email about large files and also the size of the backup is increased artificially.

    Thanks in advance!

    February 25, 2019 at 9:16 am #356289
    udadmin
    Keymaster

    The exclusion of the internal temporary directory is prevented even if you don’t include it in your exclusion settings. If you’re seeing it being included, please can you post a link to the log file so that we can look at that? e.g. Use pastebin.com, or share a Dropbox link, etc.

    February 25, 2019 at 9:27 am #356294
    michael133
    Participant
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    February 25, 2019 at 4:23 pm #356419
    michael133
    Participant

    Hi,
    Here is the URL of the log file:href=”https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aVvpb2ek1L5jk6s-YhHTsnho-KLGjbAb/view?usp=sharing”

    There you will see that the wp-content/updraft is actually included in the backup.

    Thanks!

    February 26, 2019 at 4:57 pm #356843
    udadmin
    Keymaster

    Hi Michael,

    The log file is showing something different to your description. The folder “updraft” is excluded as expected from the backup of “Any other directories found inside wp content”; but, a separate/additional backup of the folder ‘plannertuts.com/planacademy.com/secure’ has been configured, and that backs up everything inside that directory. If you want to specifically exclude a folder from that backup that is within that directory, the easiest way to do so is to include a file .donotbackup (including the period) inside it.

    David

    February 26, 2019 at 5:41 pm #356881
    michael133
    Participant

    Hello,
    The issue I am receiving in my email is not related with the custom directory I have added because I want to backup everything inside those directories.

    Please have a look at what I receive in my email:

    ————————————————————————————
    Latest status:
    The backup apparently succeeded (with warnings) and is now complete.
    Backup began:
    2019-02-25 19:58
    Contains:
    Files and database (Full backup)
    Errors / warnings:
    0 errors, 3 warnings

    Warnings
    A very large file was encountered: wp-content/updraft/backup_2019-02-22-0331_Plan_Academy_87867e6d2973-uploads2.zip.tmp (size: 429.2 Mb)
    A very large file was encountered: wp-content/updraft/backup_2019-02-22-0331_Plan_Academy_87867e6d2973-uploads2.zip.tmp.VemLxh (size: 429.1 Mb)
    A very large file was encountered: wp-content/updraft/backup_2019-02-22-0331_Plan_Academy_87867e6d2973-uploads.zip (size: 498.7 Mb)
    Note that warning messages are advisory – the backup process does not stop for them. Instead, they provide information that you might find useful, or that may indicate the source of a problem if the backup did not succeed.

    Time taken:
    1 hours, 2 minutes, 3 seconds
    Uploaded to:
    Dropbox
    ————————————————————————————

    As you can see the files mentioned in the warning email are: wp-content/updraft/backup_*

    Is this a normal behavior? Why would the temp files be added in the backup file?

    Thanks!

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