diff --git a/src/duplicacy_utils_freebsd.go b/src/duplicacy_utils_freebsd.go
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+// Copyright (c) Acrosync LLC. All rights reserved.
+// Free for personal use and commercial trial
+// Commercial use requires per-user licenses available from https://duplicacy.com
+
+package duplicacy
+
+import (
+)
+
+func excludedByAttribute(attirbutes map[string][]byte) bool {
+	_, ok := attirbutes["duplicacy_exclude"]
+	return ok
+}
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