From 1524c2e5c73c6d237f8308afc19186e7656aaa44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 10:16:00 -0700 Subject: Expand the backslash description a bit more in excludes. --- rsync.yo | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index dfb541ab..eafa3854 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -2754,6 +2754,10 @@ itemization( it() a '[' introduces a character class, such as [a-z] or [[:alpha:]]. it() in a wildcard pattern, a backslash can be used to escape a wildcard character, but it is matched literally when no wildcards are present. + This means that there is an extra level of backslash removal when a + pattern contains wildcard characters compared to a pattern that has none. + e.g. if you add a wildcard to "foo\bar" (which matches the backslash) you + would need to use "foo\\bar*" to avoid the "\b" becoming just "b". it() if the pattern contains a / (not counting a trailing /) or a "**", then it is matched against the full pathname, including any leading directories. If the pattern doesn't contain a / or a "**", then it is -- cgit v1.2.3