PATTERN exclusion with ! does not work as I expect

[fnx2k]

I need some help to understand pattern on the following example, as the code does not behave as I understood it from this documentation: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/help.html#borg-help-patterns

My pattern file: PATTERN.lst:

# Partition VDATA
R /vdata
! .Trash*
- pf:lost+found

My goal is to exclude files in any .Trash user directory from the selection.

I launch borgbackup with this command:

  borg create --dry-run \
                --list \
                --patterns-from "$PATTERN.lst" \
                -v -p --stats \
                --exclude-caches \
                "${BORG_REPOSITORY}::${BACKUP_DATE}"

And in the output (dry-run), I see that the exclusion did not work, `/vdata/.Trash-15I need some help to understand pattern on the following example, as the code does not behave as I understood it from this documentation: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/help.html#borg-help-patterns

My pattern file: PATTERN.lst:

# Partition VDATA
R /vdata
! .Trash*
- pf:lost+found

My goal is to exclude files in any .Trash user directory from the selection.

I launch borgbackup with this command:

  borg create --dry-run \
                --list \
                --patterns-from "$PATTERN.lst" \
                -v -p --stats \
                --exclude-caches \
                "${BORG_REPOSITORY}::${BACKUP_DATE}"

And in the output (dry-run), I see that the exclusion did not work, /vdata/.Trash-1500 files are included in the backup
Execution Ouput:

Creating archive at "Coll::20240615_200000"
E /vdata/lost+found
- /vdata/.directory
- /vdata/.Trash-1500/info/RP2024-000.png.trashinfo
- /vdata/.Trash-1500/info/RP2024-001.jpg.trashinfo
- /vdata/.Trash-1500/info/RP2024-002.jpg.trashinfo
- /vdata/.Trash-1500/info/RP2024-003.jpg.trashinfo
- /vdata/.Trash-1500/info/RP2024-004.jpg.trashinfo
- /vdata/.Trash-1500/info/RP2024-005.jpg.trashinfo
- /vdata/.Trash-1500/info/RP2024-006.png.trashinfo
- /vdata/.Trash-1500/info/RP2024-007.jpg.trashinfo

I do not understand why files inside /vdata/.Trash-1500 are not excluded.
Pattern ! .Trash*, should prevent the directory to be even analyzed, if I understand it correctly the documentation.

/vdata/lost+found should also be explicitly excluded but is still appearing in the output log.

I would appreciate a suggestion for a correct pattern.
Regards

[ThomasWaldmann]

• use borg list REPO::ARCHIVE to see how the file paths look in the archive.
• give patterns that match these full paths
• make sure you read the correct docs, corresponding to your borg version AND the pattern style you use, e.g.: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.2.8/usage/help.html#borg-help-patterns
• you can use borg create --list --dry-run ... to test whether your patterns/excludes work without creating an archive