Escape character for --exclude?

[Jeffrey Ellis]

Hi--

Ok. I¹ve now run into the next thing I can¹t find in man, and this time, I
googled as well:

--exclude /afs/\*

I thought you could just say:

--exclude /afs/* or even --exclude /afs/

To exclude the entire afs directory. Can you explain what the purpose of the
\ and * are here?

Thanks again :)

All My Best,
Jeffrey



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