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author | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2003-09-15 23:46:15 +0000 |
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committer | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2003-09-15 23:46:15 +0000 |
commit | 25c4affec3319fe1a12971113d33097cd40c9d06 (patch) | |
tree | e924d65f15720ce83449ad8821dbfa21371ba03a /rdiff-backup | |
parent | 7fc113c1d4542e723b5362ca380d7d7e71eda55c (diff) | |
download | rdiff-backup-25c4affec3319fe1a12971113d33097cd40c9d06.tar.gz |
Clarified treatment of excluded files
git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@438 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
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-rw-r--r-- | rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 index 31f93b5..796d93a 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 +++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 @@ -498,12 +498,12 @@ string specified by --remote-schema, quote it with another %, as in .B rdiff-backup supports file selection options similar to (but different from) .BR rsync (1). -The system may appear complicated, but it is supposed to be flexible -and easy-to-use. - When rdiff-backup is run, it searches through the given source directory and backs up all the files specified by the file selection -system. The file selection system comprises a number of file +system. The system may appear complicated, but it is supposed to be flexible +and easy-to-use. + +The file selection system comprises a number of file selection conditions, which are set using one of the following command line options: .BR --exclude , --exclude-device-files , --exclude-filelist , @@ -517,7 +517,9 @@ 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. +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. For instance, .PP |