Re: [Duplicity-talk] --exclude-if-present

[edgar . soldin]

On 21.07.2015 10:45, Aaron Whitehouse wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> What is the use case for --exclude-if-present?
> 
> I've never seen a normal exclude throw an error if the file is missing,
> so I'm struggling to figure out what this adds over a simple --exclude.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Aaron
> 

i find the manpage text describes it good

"
--exclude-if-present filename
    Exclude directories if filename is present. This option needs to come 
before any other include or exclude options. 
"
it is an alternative exlusion approach. imagine you would set 
'--exclude-if-present .duplicity-exclude' and place a file named like that in a 
folder that is in your backup tree. as a result: the folder would not be backed 
up. not sure about sub-folders though.

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