From ffded77e554d667b6636ebef1578e379c7139547 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bescoto Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:02:40 +0000 Subject: Clarified man page about excluding files git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/branches/r0-12@439 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109 --- rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 index 79070f8..e8b7e43 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 +++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 @@ -519,12 +519,12 @@ 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 , @@ -538,7 +538,9 @@ 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 -- cgit v1.2.1