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authorbescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109>2003-11-24 00:19:10 +0000
committerbescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109>2003-11-24 00:19:10 +0000
commit7306c726a966874f02b3f66e22e2524829c4e4bf (patch)
tree9a986cda4b416b56e061124c26c2ef5f531ca9c9
parentb17688b2c85a77e4f4eb45a928e915f8004b81a2 (diff)
downloadrdiff-backup-7306c726a966874f02b3f66e22e2524829c4e4bf.tar.gz
Added changelog and man page entry for restore selection patch
git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@498 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
-rw-r--r--rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG5
-rw-r--r--rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.17
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG b/rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG
index 2c4e9cd..911ddc2 100644
--- a/rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG
+++ b/rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Fixed handling of (lack of) daylight savings time. Earlier bug would
cause some files to be marked an hour later. Thanks to Troels Arvin
and Farkas Levente for bug report.
+Altered file selection when restoring so excluded files will not be
+deleted from the target dir. The old behavior was technically
+intended and documented but not very convenient. Thanks to Oliver
+Kaltenecker for bug report.
+
New in v0.13.3 (2003/10/14)
---------------------------
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1
index 4e14812..2c6c537 100644
--- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1
+++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1
@@ -524,9 +524,10 @@ and
Each file selection condition either matches or doesn't match a given
file. A given file is excluded by the file selection system exactly
when the first matching file selection condition specifies that the
-file be excluded; otherwise the file is included. If a file is
-excluded, rdiff-backup acts as if that file does not exist in the
-source directory.
+file be excluded; otherwise the file is included. When backing up, if
+a file is excluded, rdiff-backup acts as if that file does not exist
+in the source directory. When restoring, an excluded file is
+considered not to exist in either the source or target directories.
For instance,
.PP