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Exclude node_modules from Backblaze backups on Mac

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Exclude node_modules from Backblaze backups on Mac

Note that this does not remove existing node_modules folders that have been backed up.

Edit the file at /Library/Backblaze.bzpkg/bzdata/bzexcluderules_editable.xml.
Add this rule inside the bzexclusions tag:

<!-- Exclude node_modules. -->
<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*"  ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/node_modules/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />

References

a. https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/220973007-Advanced-Topic-Setting-Custom-Exclusions-via-XML
b. https://aoeex.com/phile/backblaze-custom-exclusions/ (examples for Windows)

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