Looking for rules: Exclude all in this folder except some specified subfolders/files

[ts678]

@Maelep

A backup where the source is based on my server folder like your explanation.

First, see if that works for you. If so, great (made at least some progress…).

@Maelep

The second one should use my default source and ignore the server folder.

Duplicati has no default source, but if you mean there is more source than has been discussed, thus you really want Source to start at myRootFolder, I suppose this would work to grab the rest (but please test it).

@ts678

Maybe it’s a contest between the source specification and the exclude, where specifically naming source gives it enough emphasis to persist despite the seemingly conflicting exclude

I found a comment from the main author which supports my thinking about folder as source and exclude:

@kenkendk

As it would not make sense to include a source folder and then add a filter to remove it, source folders are exempt from the filter rules.

You can read through the rest of that topic to see if you can make any sense out of it to fit your situation…