From 98e5a1a4f9d20882d29c7526623dde76ff7db606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Ebner Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:50:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] vdzump: extend examples to also cover relative patterns Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner --- vzdump.adoc | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc index a561f6c..3c67b88 100644 --- a/vzdump.adoc +++ b/vzdump.adoc @@ -384,7 +384,16 @@ You can also manually specify (additional) exclude paths, for example: # vzdump 777 --exclude-path /tmp/ --exclude-path '/var/foo*' -(only excludes tmp directories) +excludes the directory `/tmp/` and any file or directory named `/var/foo`, +`/var/foobar`, and so on. + +Paths that do not start with a `/` are not anchored to the container's root, +but will match relative to any subdirectory. For example: + + # vzdump 777 --exclude-path bar + +excludes any file or directoy named `/bar`, `/var/bar`, `/var/foo/bar`, and +so on, but not `/bar2`. Configuration files are also stored inside the backup archive (in `./etc/vzdump/`) and will be correctly restored. -- 2.39.2