def METHOD_NAME(exclude_backups = 1):
    conf_files = []
    pattern = "*conf[._-]*xml"
    backup_pattern = "*conf[._-]*xml.20[0-9][0-9]-[01][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]_*"
    excludes = ["%gconf.xml"]
    for cpath, subdirs, files in walk(conf_dir):
        for name in files:
            if exclude_backups and fnmatch(name, backup_pattern):
                continue
            if fnmatch(name, pattern):
                filepath = path.join(cpath, name)
                entry = path.relpath(filepath, conf_dir)
                if not path.islink(filepath) and entry not in excludes:
                    conf_files.append(entry)
    conf_files.sort()
    return conf_files