Here is what I am ignoring on my Debian system: !/tmp !/var/mail !/var/cache !/var/lock !/var/spool !/var/lib !/var/tmp !/var/run !/var/www/munin/soetens.vdberg.org !/root/.lesshst$ !/root/.bash_history$ !/root/.viminfo$ !/home/ Sincerely, Richard van den Berg