From 25c4affec3319fe1a12971113d33097cd40c9d06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bescoto Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:46:15 +0000 Subject: Clarified treatment of excluded files git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@438 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109 --- rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'rdiff-backup') 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 -- cgit v1.2.1