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Diffstat (limited to 'rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 index 0210424..0044d01 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 +++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 @@ -538,9 +538,10 @@ 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 to exist in neither the source nor target directories. For instance, .PP |