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authorbescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109>2003-04-05 02:00:22 +0000
committerbescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109>2003-04-05 02:00:22 +0000
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--windows-mode now implies that permissions will not be changed
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@@ -306,11 +306,12 @@ rdiff-backup cannot remove-older-than and back up or restore in a
single session. If you want to, for instance, backup a directory and
remove old files in it, you must run rdiff-backup twice.
-Note that snapshots of deleted files are covered by this operation, so
-if you deleted a file and backed up two weeks ago, and then run
---remove-older-than 10D today, no trace of that file will remain.
-Finally, file selection options such as --include and --exclude don't
-affect --remove-older-than.
+Note that snapshots of deleted files are covered by this operation.
+Thus if you deleted a file two weeks ago, backed up immediately
+afterwards, and then ran rdiff-backup with --remove-older-than 10D
+today, no trace of that file would remain. Finally, file selection
+options such as --include and --exclude don't affect
+--remove-older-than.
.TP
.BI "--restrict " path
Require that all file access be inside the given path. This switch,