Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner <f.eb...@proxmox.com> --- vzdump.adoc | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc index 1c39680..a9a7b2f 100644 --- a/vzdump.adoc +++ b/vzdump.adoc @@ -288,7 +288,16 @@ You can also manually specify (additional) exclude paths, for example: # vzdump 777 --exclude-path /tmp/ --exclude-path '/var/foo*' -(only excludes tmp directories) +excludes the directory `/tmp/` and any file or directory named `/var/foo`, +`/var/foobar`, and so on. + +Paths that do not start with a `/` are not anchored to the container's root, +but will match relative to any subdirectory. For example: + + # vzdump 777 --exclude-path bar + +excludes any file or directoy named `/bar`, `/var/bar`, `/var/foo/bar`, and +so on, but not `/bar2`. Configuration files are also stored inside the backup archive (in `./etc/vzdump/`) and will be correctly restored. -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel
