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docs: add an example for --pattern usage, fixes #3661

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Thomas Waldmann 2018-03-09 21:37:06 +01:00
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@ -1923,7 +1923,16 @@ class Archiver:
considered first (in the order of appearance). Then patterns from ``--patterns-from``
are added. Exclusion patterns from ``--exclude-from`` files are appended last.
An example ``--patterns-from`` file could look like that::
Examples::
# backup pics, but not the ones from 2018, except the good ones:
# note: using = is essential to avoid cmdline argument parsing issues.
borg create --pattern=+pics/2018/good --pattern=-pics/2018 repo::arch pics
# use a file with patterns:
borg create --patterns-from patterns.lst repo::arch
The patterns.lst file could look like that::
# "sh:" pattern style is the default, so the following line is not needed:
P sh