--- destinations.filesource.inc.orig	2010-11-09 00:41:11.000000000 -0500
+++ destinations.filesource.inc	2010-11-17 10:14:05.494596600 -0500
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
       "#multiple" => TRUE,
       "#title" => t("Exclude the following files or directories"),
       "#default_value" => $settings['exclude_filepaths'],
-      "#description" => t("A list of files or directories to be excluded from backups. Add one path per line relative to the directory being backed up."),
+      "#description" => t("A list of files or directories to be excluded from backups. Add one path per line relative to the directory being backed up. Can include * as wildcard."),
     );
     return $form;
   }
@@ -125,9 +125,62 @@
     }
     return FALSE;
   }
+  
+    
+  /**
+   * This override of the in_array function adds wildcard support (added by mstevetodd)
+   *   fnmatch is included on some platforms, but not all, so included one here
+   */
+  function in_array($needle, $haystack) {
+    if (!function_exists('fnmatch')) {
+      define('FNM_PATHNAME', 1);
+      define('FNM_NOESCAPE', 2);
+      define('FNM_PERIOD', 4);
+      define('FNM_CASEFOLD', 16);
+
+      function fnmatch($pattern, $string, $flags = 0) {
+        return pcre_fnmatch($pattern, $string, $flags);
+      }
+      function pcre_fnmatch($pattern, $string, $flags = 0) {
+        $modifiers = null;
+        $transforms = array(
+              '\*'    => '.*', 
+              '\?'    => '.', 
+              '\[\!'    => '[^', 
+              '\['    => '[', 
+              '\]'    => ']', 
+              '\.'    => '\.', 
+              '\\'    => '\\\\' 
+              );
+              // Forward slash in string must be in pattern:
+              if ($flags & FNM_PATHNAME) { $transforms['\*'] = '[^/]*'; }
+              // Back slash should not be escaped:
+              if ($flags & FNM_NOESCAPE) { unset($transforms['\\']);    }
+              // Perform case insensitive match:
+              if ($flags & FNM_CASEFOLD) { $modifiers .= 'i';           }
+              // Period at start must be the same as pattern:
+              if ($flags & FNM_PERIOD) {
+                if (strpos($string, '.') === 0 && strpos($pattern, '.') !== 0) return false;
+              }
+              $pattern = '#^'
+              . strtr(preg_quote($pattern, '#'), $transforms)
+              . '$#'
+              . $modifiers;
+              return (boolean)preg_match($pattern, $string);
+      }
+    }
+
+    foreach ($haystack as $value) {
+      if (true === fnmatch($value, $needle)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
 
   /**
-   * Get a list of files to backup from the given set if dirs. Exclude any that match the array $exclude.
+   * Get a list of files to backup from the given set of dirs. Exclude any that match the array $exclude.
    */
   function get_files_to_backup($dir, $settings, $exclude = array(), $base_dir = '') {
     $out = array();
@@ -137,7 +190,7 @@
     }
     if ($handle = @opendir($dir)) {
       while (($file = readdir($handle)) !== FALSE) {
-        if ($file != '.' && $file != '..' && !in_array($file, $exclude)) {
+        if ($file != '.' && $file != '..' && !$this->in_array($file, $exclude)) {
            $file = realpath($dir. '/'. $file);
            if (is_dir($file)) {
               $subdir = $this->get_files_to_backup($file, $settings, $exclude, $base_dir);