I so wish the book had examples.

what I currently need to know

how to exclude a whole drive

is it --exclude=F:   or --exclude=F:\ or --exclude=F:\*   ?

so  have learned if using the avtar.cmd on windows the slash goes \

if using it on unix the slash goes /

that if thre is a space it has to have quotes around it  --exclude="C:\My Documents"

to exclude files in a dir  but sill backup sub dirs  --exclude=C:\trash\*

to exclude all files and all sub dirs --exclude=C:\trash\**

to exclude no matter where the file is found --exclude=*\myfile

other questions if some wants to answer ( or correct anything I have above)

if I want to exclude all pst  so all files that end in .pst  how would I do that?