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doc: Improve include patterns info

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Clarifies and adds information on how to specify include patterns.
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Leo R. Lundgren 2019-11-18 02:23:01 +01:00
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@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ Now is a good time to run ``restic check`` to verify that all data
is properly stored in the repository. You should run this command regularly
to make sure the internal structure of the repository is free of errors.
Including and Excluding Files
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Excluding Files
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You can exclude folders and files by specifying exclude patterns, currently
the exclude options are:
@ -223,10 +223,13 @@ backup ``/sys`` or ``/dev`` on a Linux system:
.. note:: ``--one-file-system`` is currently unsupported on Windows, and will
cause the backup to immediately fail with an error.
By using the ``--files-from`` option you can read the files you want to
backup from one or more files. This is especially useful if a lot of files have
to be backed up that are not in the same folder or are maybe pre-filtered
by other software.
Including Files
***************
By using the ``--files-from`` option you can read the files you want to back
up from one or more files. This is especially useful if a lot of files have
to be backed up that are not in the same folder or are maybe pre-filtered by
other software.
For example maybe you want to backup files which have a name that matches a
certain pattern:
@ -248,7 +251,11 @@ args:
$ restic -r /srv/restic-repo backup --files-from /tmp/files_to_backup /tmp/some_additional_file
Paths in the listing file can be absolute or relative.
Paths in the listing file can be absolute or relative. Please note that
patterns listed in a ``--files-from`` file are treated the same way as
exclude patterns are, which means that beginning and trailing spaces are
trimmed and special characters must be escaped. See the documentation
above for more information.
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