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diff --git a/handlers/rdiff.helper b/handlers/rdiff.helper index 904ac98..42bcb1b 100644 --- a/handlers/rdiff.helper +++ b/handlers/rdiff.helper @@ -271,12 +271,22 @@ type = local keep = $rdiff_keep # A few notes about includes and excludes: -# - include, exclude and vsinclude statements support EITHER globbing with '*' -# OR symlinks in the path; usage of both in the same statement is *not* -# supported and will lead to weird behaviour. -# - All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise -# taken into account. +# 1. include, exclude and vsinclude statements support globbing with '*' +# 2. Symlinks are not dereferenced. Moreover, an include line whose path +# contains, at any level, a symlink to a directory, will only have the +# symlink backed-up, not the target directory's content. Yes, you have to +# dereference yourself the symlinks, or to use 'mount --bind' instead. +# Example: let's say /home is a symlink to /mnt/crypt/home ; the following +# line will only backup a "/home" symlink ; neither /home/user nor +# /home/user/Mail will be backed-up : +# include = /home/user/Mail +# A workaround is to 'mount --bind /mnt/crypt/home /home' ; another one is to +# write : +# include = /mnt/crypt/home/user/Mail +# 3. All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise +# taken into account. +# files to include in the backup EOF ## includes ## if [ "$host_or_vservers" == host -o "$host_or_vservers" == both ]; then |