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10.5: Show files that Time Machine does not backup
Authored by: chocky on Fri, Apr 4 2008 at 8:23AM PDT

Here's a quick fix of the AppleScript version (the original post didn't work for me).

do shell script "mdfind \"com_apple_backup_excludeItem = 'com.apple.backupd'\" > ~/Desktop/Files_excluded_by_Time_Machine.txt" with administrator privileges