Re: question about file mask options that claim to not allow pathnames

imschmeg <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.dar.support
Message-ID <20210424175309.4abf04cb@lapdog>
On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:30:00 +0200
Denis Corbin <[email protected]> wrote:

> ...
> Many options use masks. Some options, like --include and --exclude,
> only apply it to the filename part of the file that is under
> consideration. Some other options, like --exclude-delta-sig, --prune,
> ... apply the mask to the whole path+filename.

OK - I think this is what had me confused.

That's unfortunate for me, as I was considering how to exclude a
subdirectory tree from compression (because it contains only encrypted
files), but --exclude-compression only takes a filename mask.  I think
this means that I either back that subtree up separately, or let dar
waste time trying to compress those files.
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