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wildcards at most.
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wildcards at most.
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Exclusions can be passed via the command line option ``--exclude``. When used
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Exclusions can be passed via the command line option ``--exclude``. When used
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- from within a shell the patterns should be quoted to protect them from
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+ from within a shell, the patterns should be quoted to protect them from
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expansion.
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expansion.
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The ``--exclude-from`` option permits loading exclusion patterns from a text
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The ``--exclude-from`` option permits loading exclusion patterns from a text
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file with one pattern per line. Lines empty or starting with the number sign
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file with one pattern per line. Lines empty or starting with the number sign
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('#') after removing whitespace on both ends are ignored. The optional style
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('#') after removing whitespace on both ends are ignored. The optional style
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selector prefix is also supported for patterns loaded from a file. Due to
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selector prefix is also supported for patterns loaded from a file. Due to
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- whitespace removal paths with whitespace at the beginning or end can only be
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+ whitespace removal, paths with whitespace at the beginning or end can only be
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excluded using regular expressions.
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excluded using regular expressions.
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To test your exclusion patterns without performing an actual backup you can
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To test your exclusion patterns without performing an actual backup you can
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