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Restructure and complement exclude options doc
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@ -75,8 +75,16 @@ Now is a good time to run ``restic check`` to verify that all data
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is properly stored in the repository. You should run this command regularly
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to make sure the internal structure of the repository is free of errors.
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You can exclude folders and files by specifying exclude-patterns. Either
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specify them with multiple ``--exclude``'s or one ``--exclude-file``
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You can exclude folders and files by specifying exclude patterns, currently
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the exclude options are:
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- ``--exclude`` Specified one or more times to exclude one or more items
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- ``--exclude-caches`` Specified once to exclude folders containing a special file
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- ``--exclude-file`` Specified one or more times to exclude items listed in a given file
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- ``--exclude-if-present`` Specified one or more times to exclude a folders content
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if it contains a given file (optionally having a given header)
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Basic example:
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.. code-block:: console
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@ -87,6 +95,8 @@ specify them with multiple ``--exclude``'s or one ``--exclude-file``
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foo/**/bar
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$ restic -r /tmp/backup backup ~/work --exclude=*.c --exclude-file=exclude
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Please see ``restic help backup`` for more specific information about each exclude option.
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Patterns use `filepath.Glob <https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Glob>`__ internally,
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see `filepath.Match <https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Match>`__ for syntax.
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Patterns are tested against the full path of a file/dir to be saved, not only
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