To back up a directory located outside of the data directory, use the optional`--external-dirs` parameter that specifies the path to this directory. If you would like to add more than one external directory, provide several paths separated by colons, on Windows system paths must be separated by semicolon instead.

For example, to include '/etc/dir1/' and '/etc/dir2/' directories into the full backup of your*instance_name* instance that will be stored under the*backup_dir* directory, run:

For example, to include`'/etc/dir1/'` and`'/etc/dir2/'` directories into the full backup of your*instance_name* instance that will be stored under the*backup_dir* directory, run:

For example, to include 'C:\dir1' and 'C:\dir2' directories into the full backup of your*instance_name* instance that will be stored under the*backup_dir* directory on Windows system, run:

For example, to include`'C:\dir1\'` and`'C:\dir2\'` directories into the full backup of your*instance_name* instance that will be stored under the*backup_dir* directory on Windows system, run: