Document the new "!" modifier for include/exclude filter rules (to

negate the match).
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Wayne Davison
2005-02-03 03:37:02 +00:00
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@@ -1387,13 +1387,16 @@ itemize(
specified to turn off the parsing of prefixes).
)
The following modifier is accepted after a "+" or "-":
The following modifiers are accepted after a "+" or "-":
itemize(
it() A "/" specifies that the include/exclude should be treated as an
absolute path, relative to the root of the filesystem. For example,
"-/_/etc/passwd" would exclude the passwd file any time the transfer
was sending files from the "/etc" directory.
it() A "!" specifies that the include/exclude should take effect if
the pattern fails to match. For instance, "-! */" would exclude all
non-directories.
)
Per-directory rules are inherited in all subdirectories of the directory