Re: [rdiff-backup-users] exclude, use of *

[Robert Nichols]

On 05/30/2015 02:05 PM, peter wrote:
> i tried:
> - /home/julius/.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions/
>
>
> in my exclude file to exclude all the extension directories for all the
> firefox accounts.
> i was hoping * to work for "anydir", but apparently it doesnt.
>
> rdiff is still searching my 2 firefox profiles and adding files.

Let's see the whole command line.

For an exclusion to be effective, it needs to come (in the argument
list) _before_ any directive that would cause that file or directory
to be included.

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