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Document that special file exclusion also excludes symlinks to special files (#596).

Dan Helfman 2 years ago
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@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ such files. Common directories to exclude are `/dev` and `/run`, but that may
 not be exhaustive. <span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version
 not be exhaustive. <span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version
 1.7.3</span> When database hooks are enabled, borgmatic automatically excludes
 1.7.3</span> When database hooks are enabled, borgmatic automatically excludes
 special files that may cause Borg to hang, so you no longer need to manually
 special files that may cause Borg to hang, so you no longer need to manually
-exclude them. You can override/prevent this behavior by explicitly setting
-`read_special` to true.
+exclude them. (This includes symlinks with special files as a destination.) You
+can override/prevent this behavior by explicitly setting `read_special` to true.
 
 
 
 
 ### Manual restoration
 ### Manual restoration