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-rw-r--r--examples/example.dup8
-rw-r--r--examples/example.rdiff12
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/examples/example.dup b/examples/example.dup
index b906551..f3d3981 100644
--- a/examples/example.dup
+++ b/examples/example.dup
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ password = a_very_complicated_passphrase
[source]
-# files to include in the backup
-# (supports globbing with '*')
+# 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.
+# files to include in the backup
include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs
include = /var/backups
include = /etc
@@ -82,10 +84,8 @@ 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
######################################################
diff --git a/examples/example.rdiff b/examples/example.rdiff
index 698776e..dd2ac5e 100644
--- a/examples/example.rdiff
+++ 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
######################################################