doc patch for $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}

"Steve M. Robbins" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.backuppc.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

I was confused about how BackupFilesExclude worked with rsync[1].
Attached is a patch that documents what I learned experimentally.

Regards,
-Steve

[1] http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20111028031134.GI3878%40sumost.ca&forum_name=backuppc-users

diff -u -r BackupPC-3.2.1.orig/doc/BackupPC.pod BackupPC-3.2.1/doc/BackupPC.pod
--- BackupPC-3.2.1.orig/doc/BackupPC.pod	2011-04-24 22:31:55.000000000 -0500
+++ BackupPC-3.2.1/doc/BackupPC.pod	2011-10-29 15:33:52.707308813 -0500
@@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@
 the setting is assumed to apply to all shares.
 
 The exact behavior is determined by the underlying transport program,
-smbclient or tar.  For smbclient the exlclude file list is passed into
+smbclient or tar.  For smbclient the exclude file list is passed into
 the X option.  Simple shell wild-cards using "*" or "?" are allowed.
 
 For tar, if the exclude file contains a "/" it is assumed to be anchored
@@ -3424,6 +3424,11 @@
 the directory name: a trailing "/" causes the name to not match
 and the directory will not be excluded.
 
+For rsync or rsyncd, omit the share name in the exlusion pattern.
+When backing up "/home", for example, the exclusion
+"/home/steve/.mozilla" will not match, but "steve/.mozilla" will
+match.
+
 Users report that for smbclient you should specify a directory
 followed by "/*", eg: "/proc/*", instead of just "/proc".
 
Only in BackupPC-3.2.1/doc: BackupPC.pod~

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