that seems a little awkward. erik's suggestion is what i think i'd really like. rog's would be okay, although still somewhatawkward, were i on plan 9; since i'm not, i think i have russ's option. so with -x, say i had a tree:
/dog /cat /fish/guppie /fish/clown /pig and i wanted /dog, /cat, and /fish/clown. would three includes be sufficent there, or do i need it include /fish and then exclude /fish/guppie, to get the heirarchy? i do wish more tools used proto. the format is so nice.