diff -Nur e-smith-backup-2.6.0.old/root/etc/backup-data.d/backup.exclude e-smith-backup-2.6.0.new/root/etc/backup-data.d/backup.exclude
--- e-smith-backup-2.6.0.old/root/etc/backup-data.d/backup.exclude	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ e-smith-backup-2.6.0.new/root/etc/backup-data.d/backup.exclude	2016-07-28 11:34:23.176591482 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# All folder/file paths added here will NOT be saved
+# For Example : /usr/share/wordpress/config
diff -Nur e-smith-backup-2.6.0.old/root/etc/backup-data.d/backup.include e-smith-backup-2.6.0.new/root/etc/backup-data.d/backup.include
--- e-smith-backup-2.6.0.old/root/etc/backup-data.d/backup.include	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ e-smith-backup-2.6.0.new/root/etc/backup-data.d/backup.include	2016-07-28 11:34:09.967619535 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# All folder/file paths added here will be saved
+# For Example : /usr/share/wordpress
diff -Nur e-smith-backup-2.6.0.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/Backup.pm e-smith-backup-2.6.0.new/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/Backup.pm
--- e-smith-backup-2.6.0.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/Backup.pm	2016-02-05 00:08:22.000000000 +0100
+++ e-smith-backup-2.6.0.new/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/Backup.pm	2016-07-27 03:49:04.109295338 +0200
@@ -19,15 +19,37 @@
 
 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 
+#path to *.include/*.exclude files
+my $BackupDir = '/etc/backup-data.d/';
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 esmith::Backup - interface to server backup/restore information
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
+    # When you want to add or remove files/folders
+    # in your backup, make files in /etc/backup-data.d
+    # with one or several path name inside (one per line)
+    #  eg : /opt/myContrib
+    #       /usr/share/myContrib
+    #
+    #    FileName.include -> add more files/folders
+    #    FileName.exclude -> remove files/folder
+    
     use esmith::Backup;
     my $backup = new esmith::Backup;
 
+    #retrieve the list of your backup exclusions
+    my @backup_excludes = $backup->excludes;
+    #or
+    my @backup_excludes = esmith::Backup->excludes;
+
+    # retrieve the list of your backup inclusions
+    my @backup_list = $backup->restore_list;
+    #or
+    my @backup_list = esmith::Backup->restore_list;
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This module provides an abstracted interface to the backup/restore
@@ -70,7 +92,7 @@
 {
     my ($self) = @_;
 
-    return (
+    my @backup =  (
         'home/e-smith',
         'etc/e-smith/templates-custom',
         'etc/e-smith/templates-user-custom',
@@ -84,8 +106,102 @@
         'etc/samba/secrets.tdb',
         'etc/samba/smbpasswd',
     );
+    #add all paths in .include files
+    push @backup, $self->includes;
+    return @backup;
 }
 
+
+=head2 uniq
+
+Remove all duplicates from the given array.
+
+=cut
+
+sub uniq {
+    return keys %{{ map { $_ => 1 } @_ }};
+}
+
+
+=head2 load_file_list
+
+head2 load_file_list
+Given a file name, return all lines in an array.
+
+=cut
+
+sub load_file_list
+{
+    my ($self, $file) = @_;
+    my @paths;
+    open (FILE, $file) or die 'Unable to open the list file: $file';
+
+    while (<FILE>) {
+
+        #sanitise the line
+        s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+        s/^\/+|\/+$|\n+//g;
+        s/\/+/\//g; 
+        #we don't want blank line or space
+        next if /^$|\s+/;
+        # we don't want some characters
+        next if /`|'|"|;|&|\||#|\\|:|\*|<|>/;
+
+        push(@paths, $_);
+    }
+    close(FILE);
+
+   return @paths;
+}
+
+
+=head2 load_files_from_dir
+
+Given a directory and an extension, return all lines
+from all files using load_file_list function.
+
+=cut
+sub load_files_from_dir
+{
+    my ($self, $dir, $extension ) = @_;
+    my @ret;
+    my @files = <$dir*.$extension>;
+    foreach my $file (@files) {
+       push(@ret,$self->load_file_list($file));
+    }
+    return @ret;
+}
+
+=head2 includes
+ 
+Takes a directory as argument.
+Returns a list of files from all .include files inside the given directory.
+All duplicates are removed.
+
+=cut
+
+sub includes
+{
+    my ($self) = @_;
+    return uniq($self->load_files_from_dir($BackupDir,'include'));
+}
+
+
+=head2 excludes
+ 
+Takes a directory as argument.
+Returns a list of files from all .exclude files inside the given directory.
+All duplicates are removed.
+
+=cut
+
+sub excludes
+{
+    my ($self) = @_;
+    return uniq($self->load_files_from_dir($BackupDir,'exclude'));
+}
+
+
 =head2 merge_passwd
 
 Merge password files. Takes a filename of a restored password