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+++ b/examples/example.rdiff
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ type = local
# (you can also use the time format of rdiff-backup, e.g. 6D5h)
keep = 60
-# a note about includes and excludes:
-# All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is
-# not otherwise taken into account.
+# A few notes about includes and excludes:
+# - 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.
+# - All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise
+# taken into account.
# files to include in the backup
-# (supports globbing with '*')
include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs
include = /var/backups
include = /etc
@@ -63,10 +65,8 @@ include = /var/lib/dpkg/status-old
# vsinclude will add to the include list /vservers/foo/home, /vservers/bar/home
# and /vservers/baz/home.
# Vservers paths are derived from $VROOTDIR.
-# vsinclude supports globbing with '*'.
# files to exclude from the backup
-# (supports globbing with '*')
#exclude = /home/*/.gnupg
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