Commit 322197c3 authored by bescoto's avatar bescoto

Clarified man page about excluding files


git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup@439 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
parent a07738e4
......@@ -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
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