Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Excluding special files, but not symlinks

[Robert Shaw]

Hi Ben,

Here is a patch that does what I prefer the behavior of rdiff-backup to 
be regarding the --exclude-special-files option. You can disregard the 
previous patch.

This patch adds "--exclude-symlinks", "--exclude-sockets", and 
"--exclude-fifos" options and the "--exclude-special-files" works as it 
did before (excludes dev files, fifos, sockets, and symlinks). I also 
updated the man page to reflect these changes. This way you can 
selectively use any combination of them, or the shorthand 
"--exclude-special-files" option for all of them. This patch is also 
backward compatible with existing rdiff-backup implementations by 
users.

It does issue those warnings about not being the first selector when 
you use multiple of these at the beginning. I haven't fixed that yet. 
But they don't hurt anything.

I think this is the cleaner solution IMHO. But it's your call since 
you're the author. ;)

Thanks!
-Robert

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