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diff --git a/examples/example.dup b/examples/example.dup index f3d3981..457883c 100644 --- a/examples/example.dup +++ b/examples/example.dup @@ -55,9 +55,21 @@ password = a_very_complicated_passphrase [source] -# WARNING: include, exclude and vsinclude statements support EITHER globbing -# with '*' OR symlinks in the path; usage of both in the same statement is *not* -# supported and will lead to weird behaviour. +# A few notes about includes and excludes: +# 1. include, exclude and vsinclude statements support globbing with '*' +# 2. Symlinks are not dereferenced. Moreover, an include line whose path +# contains, at any level, a symlink to a directory, will only have the +# symlink backed-up, not the target directory's content. Yes, you have to +# dereference yourself the symlinks, or to use 'mount --bind' instead. +# Example: let's say /home is a symlink to /mnt/crypt/home ; the following +# line will only backup a "/home" symlink ; neither /home/user nor +# /home/user/Mail will be backed-up : +# include = /home/user/Mail +# A workaround is to 'mount --bind /mnt/crypt/home /home' ; another one is to +# write : +# include = /mnt/crypt/home/user/Mail +# 3. All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise +# taken into account. # files to include in the backup include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs |