[Samba] VFS recyclebin module exclude directory

[Brad C]

Hi There,

The Samba VFS recyclebin works brilliantly, though I need to exclude certain
directories from the recyclebin as they are cleared out and re-created
nightly. This means that in no time im scrambling for space, ive tried the
recycle:exclude_dir = syntax as below with both the full path and the path
visible at share level and both arent excluding, is there something basic im
missing?

[documents at xcompany]
        comment = Document share
        path = /data
        create mask = 0770
        writeable = yes
        guest ok = yes
        hide files = /Recycle Bin/*
        veto files = /Recycle Bin/*
        delete veto files = no
        vfs objects = recycle
        recycle:repository = Recycle Bin/%U
        recycle:directory_mode = 0770
        recycle:keeptree = Yes
        recycle:touch_mtime = Yes
        recycle:versions = Yes
        recycle:maxsize = 0
        recycle:exclude_dir = /data/SOFTWARE/BACKUPS,/SOFTWARE/BACKUPS

on another note, for those of you that want to clear out their recyclebin
files older than X days, you might find this script useful.

#!/bin/bash
# deletes only files older than 60 days
find /data/Recycle\ Bin/ -type f -mtime +60 | xargs rm


BraD