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				@@ -2075,7 +2075,16 @@ class Archiver: 
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				             considered first (in the order of appearance). Then patterns from ``--patterns-from`` 
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				             are added. Exclusion patterns from ``--exclude-from`` files are appended last. 
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				-            An example ``--patterns-from`` file could look like that:: 
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				+            Examples:: 
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				+                # backup pics, but not the ones from 2018, except the good ones: 
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				+                # note: using = is essential to avoid cmdline argument parsing issues. 
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				+                borg create --pattern=+pics/2018/good --pattern=-pics/2018 repo::arch pics 
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				+                # use a file with patterns: 
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				+                borg create --patterns-from patterns.lst repo::arch 
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				+            The patterns.lst file could look like that:: 
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				                 # "sh:" pattern style is the default, so the following line is not needed: 
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				                 P sh 
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