From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D95326DE19 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:24:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id CB3192377E for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:24:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 2BFAC23774 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:24:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 525D742141 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:16:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Fabian Ebner To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:16:34 +0200 Message-Id: <20220328081634.62024-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.117 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE -0.01 - Subject: [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] docs: client: file exclusion: add note about leading slash X-BeenThere: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 08:24:57 -0000 It's not documented yet and not intuitive: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/98810 https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/107143 Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner --- docs/backup-client.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/backup-client.rst b/docs/backup-client.rst index 3af40b3a..b115b368 100644 --- a/docs/backup-client.rst +++ b/docs/backup-client.rst @@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ Lines ending in ``/`` match only on directories. The directory containing the ``.pxarexclude`` file is considered to be the root of the given patterns. It is only possible to match files in this directory and its subdirectories. +.. Note:: Patterns without a leading ``/`` will also match in subdirectories, + while patterns with a leading ``/`` will only match in the current directory. + ``\`` is used to escape special glob characters. ``?`` matches any single character. ``*`` matches any character, including an empty string. -- 2.30.2