# What is "(do not include files)" when creating a backup manually?

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**Created:** [September 22, 2015, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-do-not-include-files-when-creating-a-backup-manually/33568 "2015-09-22T09:41:59Z")\
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> [@Fabio\_Machado\_de\_Oli](#):
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> If you have lots of duplicated images, there are tools that identify and replace duplicated files with symbolic links on Linux, in theory it should work well (never tested).

I highly recommend that you do not mess with files that are in the “`uploads`” folders or you are in for a world of pain.

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