How to exclude some directories

[ghost]

In restic there is the option to put paths in a file like exclude.txt and then do restic -r "/run/media/username/usb/data/backup" backup . --exclude-file="home/username/exclude.txt"

I have also tried using a .gitignore file, putting it inside /home/username and also in /run/media/username/usb/data/backup.

Could anyone help?

[aawsome]

You can use --glob-file, but you have to inverse the patterns, i.e. prepend a !, e.g.

!/my/file/pattern/*

[ghost]

I have added --glob-file="/home/user/exclude" I get the error: Error: No such file or directory (os error 2). The full command:
sudo rustic -r /run/media/user/usb/data/bkp backup . --glob-file=home/son/exclude

[aawsome]

Could it be that a / is missing in your filename? I think it should be --glob-file=/home/son/exclude.

[ghost]

Yes, now it appears to work! Thanks