# rsync-homedir-excludes # # A list of files to exclude when backing up *nix home directories using rsync. # # Author: Ruben Barkow # Version: 2018-05-18 # # #Usage: # USER= # rsync -a --progress --exclude-from=rsync-homedir-excludes.txt /home/colar/ /media/colar/home\ backup/ ############################################### # directories, probably not worth a backup # # (uncomment the files you don't need) # ############################################### #.android #.AndroidStudio*/ #Android/Sdk #.gradle #.gvm #.grails/ #.grails_history #.kde/share/apps/nepomuk #.local/share/notbit #.local/libvirt #.vagrant #.vagrant.d #.wine #.twister #/twister #Applications/eclipse* #/Downloads #*Popcorntime* #/.aMule #/Scribus #/VirtualBox* #/Nextcloud #_build ## Ruby gems #.rvm # ## Add Game Folders here: # #/games #.local/share/Steam #.steam #Steam #.minecraft #.PlayOnLinux ################################################ # These directories may definitely be excluded # ################################################ # Contains mounted file systems: .gvfs .local/share/gvfs-metadata # contains the actual encrypted home directory # /.Private # Session-specific: /.dbus .cache /.Trash .Trash-1* .local/share/Trash /Trash # Cached info about audio CDs: .cddb # Cached packages lists: .aptitude # Node Package Manager cache .npm #Flash-specific: # Cache for flash, maybe others? .adobe # except for Flash persistence, there is no reason to keep this .macromedia #Files: # Contains errors from the current graphical session .xsession-errors .wayland-errors # Recently used files .local/share/RecentDocuments .recently-used .recently-used.xbel recently-used.xbel .thumbnails .thumb Thumbs.db .DS_Store .localised .bash_history .CFUserTextEncoding .zsh_history .zcompdump* .wget-hsts # Common Unix Printing System /.cups # run-time configuration information for Subversion /.subversion # Python history .python_history # Python virtual environments /.virtualenvs # Python eggs .local/lib/python* # Session-specific .Xauthority .ICEauthority .gksu.lock .pulse .pulse-cookie .esd_auth #KDE specific: # Recent documents on KDE .kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments .kde4/share/apps/RecentDocuments # Contains a history of the Klipper clipboard (KDE) .kde/share/apps/klipper .kde4/share/apps/klipper # You will loose saved scrolling positions of PDFs .kde/share/apps/okular/docdata .kde/share/apps/gwenview/recentfolders .kde4/share/apps/okular/docdata .kde4/share/apps/gwenview/recentfolders # Cached other users' profile pics .kde/share/apps/kmess/displaypics .kde4/share/apps/kmess/displaypics # Cached emoticons of others .kde/share/apps/kmess/customemoticons .kde4/share/apps/kmess/customemoticons #Tor Browser supposed to not be backupped ;) .local/share/torbrowser #Firefox-specific (see also Profile folder): # .mozilla/firefox/*/Cache # in case Fx crashes dumps will be stored in this # .mozilla/firefox/*/minidumps # session-specific # .mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock # phishing database, recreated # .mozilla/firefox/*/urlclassifier3.sqlite # blacklisted extensions # .mozilla/firefox/*/blocklist.xml # extension database, recreated on startup # .mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.sqlite # .mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.sqlite-journal # .mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.rdf # .mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.ini # .mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.cache # cached UI data, recreated # .mozilla/firefox/*/XUL.mfasl # .mozilla/firefox/*/XPC.mfasl # .mozilla/firefox/*/xpti.dat # .mozilla/firefox/*/compreg.dat # cached plugin data, recreated # .mozilla/firefox/*/pluginreg.dat #SeaMonkey-specific (see also Profile folder): .mozilla/seamonkey/*/Cache # in case Fx crashes dumps will be stored in this .mozilla/seamonkey/*/minidumps # session-specific .mozilla/seamonkey/*/.parentlock # blacklisted extensions .mozilla/seamonkey/*/blocklist.xml # extension database, recreated on startup .mozilla/seamonkey/*/extensions.sqlite .mozilla/seamonkey/*/extensions.rdf .mozilla/seamonkey/*/extensions.ini # cached UI data, recreated .mozilla/seamonkey/*/xpti.dat .mozilla/seamonkey/*/compreg.dat # cached plugin data, recreated .mozilla/seamonkey/*/pluginreg.dat # Thunderbird Cache in your profile folder .thunderbird/*/Cache #Opera-specific (related question on Superuser.com: Is documentation available on files and directories in the Opera profile folder?): .opera/temporary_downloads .opera/cache .opera/thumbnails .opera/opcache .opera/icons .opera/application_cache .opera/widgets/*/cache .opera/lock # Keychain dir (manage SSH and GPG keys, front-end to ssh-agent and ssh-add) /.keychain #Komodo Edit: .komodoedit/*/codeintel/db .komodoedit/*/host-*/*/codeintel .komodoedit/*/XRE/Cache .komodoedit/*/XRE/.activatestate/komodo edit/Crash Reports .komodoedit/*/XRE/.activatestate/komodo edit/*/Cache .komodoedit/*/XRE/.activatestate/komodo edit/*/minidump .komodoedit/*/XRE/.parentlock .komodoedit/*/XRE/extensions.rdf .komodoedit/*/XRE/extensions.ini .komodoedit/*/XRE/extensions.cache .komodoedit/*/XRE/XPC.mfasl .komodoedit/*/XRE/XUL.mfasl .komodoedit/*/XRE/xpti.dat .komodoedit/*/XRE/pluginreg.dat .komodoedit/*/XRE/compreg.dat .komodoedit/*/XRE/*.sqlite-journal .komodoedit/*/pystdout.log .komodoedit/*/pystderr.log .komodoedit/*/history.sqlite.bak .komodoedit/*/running.lock .komodoedit/*/mutex.lock .komodoedit/*/*.xmlc .komodoedit/*/startup-env.tmp .komoeoedit/*/commandments.fifo .komoeoedit/*/history.sqlite #GnuPG: .gnupg/rnd .gnupg/random_seed .gnupg/.#* .gnupg/*.lock .gnupg/gpg-agent-info-* #Google Earth: .googleearth/Temp .googleearth/Cache #Google Chrome: .config/google-chrome/ShaderCache .config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage .config/google-chrome/Default/Session Storage .config/google-chrome/Default/Application Cache .config/google-chrome/Default/History Index * .config/google-chrome/Default/Service Worker/CacheStorage #Chromium: .config/chromium/Default/Local Storage .config/chromium/Default/Session Storage .config/chromium/Default/Application Cache .config/chromium/Default/History Index * #Brave .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Feature Engagement Tracker/ .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Local Storage/ .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Service Worker/CacheStorage/ .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Session Storage/ .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Safe Browsing/ .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/ShaderCache/ #Local repositories: .gradle/caches /.m2/repository #indexer .local/share/baloo .local/share/zeitgeist .local/share/akonadi #Other apps: # Pidgin # .purple/icons # Cached applets .guayadeque/cache.db .java/deployment/cache .icedteaplugin .icedtea .gnome2/epiphany/favicon_cache # other temporary files nohup.out # LibreOffice cache files .config/libreoffice/4/cache # freshplayerplugin LSO .config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects # Spotify #.config/spotify/Users # Snap caches .config/*/Cache # Atom .config/Atom/*Cache .config/Atom/IndexedDB # Vim .vim/bundle/* .viminfo # VS Code .vscode-oss/extensions/* .vscode/extensions/* .config/Code - OSS/blob_storage/ .config/Code - OSS/GPUCache/ .config/Code - OSS/logs/ .config/Code/blob_storage/ .config/Code/GPUCache/ .config/Code/logs/ # VirtualBox .config/VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.log* # Rust artefacts .cargo .rustup # Erlang artefacts .kerl # ccache, remove cache but keep config .ccache/? .ccache/tmp # ZeroNet ZeroBundle/ZeroNet/data