Title: Exclude paths
Last modified: December 9, 2020

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# Exclude paths

 *  Resolved [israelforeningen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/israelforeningen/)
 * (@israelforeningen)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-paths-2/)
 * Using Exclude paths:
    1) wp-content/uploads/2020 2) wp-content/uploads/2020,wp-
   content/uploads/backup-guard but the archive size is exactly the same. What am
   I missing?
 * PS. Is there a way to open .sgbp file to see inside?
    Why not storing in zip,
   rar, gz or tar?

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 *  [Support Backup Guard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backup-guard/)
 * (@backup-guard)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-paths-2/#post-13770967)
 * Dear [@israelforeningen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/israelforeningen/),
 * It should have excluded the paths you mentioned and should have affected he size.
   
   You can send the backup log for us to check and maybe find out what the reason
   could be.
 * You can download the mentioned log file by this article link:
    [https://help.backup-guard.com/en/article/download-backup-log-file-fgh0gi/](https://help.backup-guard.com/en/article/download-backup-log-file-fgh0gi/)
 * Please send it via wetransfer.com using the link retrieving option.
    Like this:
   [https://prnt.sc/qr3ntv](https://prnt.sc/qr3ntv)
 * As for a way to see the .sgbp file open: you can extract the archive file by 
   using our SGBP extractor.
 * To use SGBP extractor you firstly need to download and install the mentioned 
   software on your PC.
    You can download it here: [https://backup-guard.com/downloads/](https://backup-guard.com/downloads/)
 * After installing the SGBP extractor, you need to choose the respective archive
   you want to extract and also choose the destination path where you want to extract.
   
   More details can be found in the following link: [https://help.backup-guard.com/en/article/extract-sgbp-archive-hwyeo1/](https://help.backup-guard.com/en/article/extract-sgbp-archive-hwyeo1/)
 * Please note that .sgbp is much smaller and and less heavier that’s why we use
   that format.
 *  [Support Backup Guard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backup-guard/)
 * (@backup-guard)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-paths-2/#post-13774759)
 * Dear [@israelforeningen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/israelforeningen/),
 * Hope you’re fine.
 * We are wondering if you could send the requested log for us to check.
 * Thank you.
 *  [andy32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andy32/)
 * (@andy32)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-paths-2/#post-13813692)
 * Hi Support,
 * I can confirm the exclude paths are not working since a while now. Also, the 
   exclusion of Backup Guard’s own target directory is not working which results
   in never ending backup jobs or very large backup files.
 * The log file shows:
    2020-12-20 11:42:00: Start backup file: /wp-content/uploads/
   backup-guard/sg_backup_opt(full)_20201220114106/sg_backup_opt(full)_20201220114106.
   sgbp So Backup Guard is backing up its own currently written backup file which
   is not right.
 * Also adding “wp-content/uploads/backup-guard” to the exclude paths doesn’t change
   this behaviour, which indicates that the exclude path mechanism is also not working.
 * Thanks for looking into this.
 *  [Support Backup Guard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backup-guard/)
 * (@backup-guard)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-paths-2/#post-13816491)
 * Dear [@andy32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andy32/) ,
    Thank you for 
   letting us know.
 * Could you, please, open another thread and send the backup log to us fully?
 * Please send it via wetransfer.com using the link retrieving option.
    Like this:
   [https://prnt.sc/qr3ntv](https://prnt.sc/qr3ntv)
 * Thank you in advance.
 *  [andy32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andy32/)
 * (@andy32)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-paths-2/#post-13818269)
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * Sorry, but I will not upload a log file containing server internals and post 
   the link to it on a public forum. If you have some private way to provide the
   log file, I’m happy to do so.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-paths-2/#post-13818269)
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