exclude confusion: what does it match against?

Wayne Davison wayned at samba.org
Sat Mar 27 18:29:35 GMT 2004


On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 08:55:48PM -0600, John Van Essen wrote:
> This is another opportunity to (try to) make more clear the
> effects of using a trailing slash on the source and using the
> --relative option.  They not only affect the absolute-path
> pattern but also where the source file ends up on the target.
> 
> I'd like to see something like this included in the explanation.

Thanks, I edited this down a little and included it in my suggested doc
change (it's now in CVS).

Feel free (anyone) to critique what I've done if you think it could be
improved further.

..wayne..


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