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- ; Default filename: MRBackup.rflt
- ;
- ; This is MRBackup's "restore filter" file. It provides you with very precise
- ; control over the file selection process. You may toggle between "include"
- ; specifications or "exclude" specifications freely. An "include" section is
- ; started with :INCLUDE: appearing on a line by itself. An "exclude" section
- ; is started with :EXCLUDE: appearing on a line by itself. Individual
- ; specifications consist of ARP-style filename selection patterns. Here is a
- ; brief summary of the ARP filename pattern syntax:
- ;
- ; Character Meaning
- ; -------- -------
- ; ? Match any single character.
- ; % Match the null string.
- ; #<p> Match zero or more occurrences of pattern <p>.
- ; * Match any pattern (same as #?).
- ; <p1><p2> Match pattern <p1> followed by pattern <p2>.
- ; ( ) Parentheses group patterns together.
- ; (<p1>|<p2>) Match if either <p1> or <p2> match
- ; (parentheses req'd.).
- ; [] Character class (ex: [a-z] or [0-9] ).
- ; ~<p> Negation: match anything BUT pattern <p>.
- ; Example: "~*.info" means all files except those
- ; ending in ".info" (quotes for illustration only)
- ; ' Escape next special character. Useful for filenames
- ; which contain question marks, quotes, etc.
- ;
- ; As you probably have guessed, any line beginning with a semi-colon (;) is a
- ; comment and will be ignored by MRBackup. Empty lines are also ignored.
- ; IMPORTANT! All pattern specifications are assumed to be relative to the "Home
- ; Path" specification and must contain no device name component (characters
- ; followed by a colon (:). For instance, to specify files in your
- ; sys:devs/printers directory, the pattern would be "devs/printers/<pattern>",
- ; NOT "sys:devs/printers/<pattern>".
- ;
- :INCLUDE:
- ; Place your :INCLUDE: specifications here:
- ;
- ; If you wish to restore specific areas of your disk, the :INCLUDE: mechanism
- ; is probably what you want to use. If any :INCLUDE: specifications appear in
- ; this file, MRBackup will ignore all but the device name portion of the
- ; "Home Path" specification. It is very important to distinguish between
- ; :INCLUDE: patterns and :EXCLUDE: patterns. :INCLUDE:" patterns must be
- ; specified down to the FILENAME level, while :EXCLUDE: patterns may be
- ; specified to either the directory or filename level. For instance, to include
- ; all the files in the System directory, your :INCLUDE: pattern would be
- ; "System/#?" (or "System/*"). To exclude all of the files in the System
- ; directory, your pattern can be simply "System".
- ;
- :EXCLUDE:
- ;
- ; Place your :EXCLUDE: specifications here:
- ;
- ; The :EXCLUDE: specifications are best used when you intend to backup most of
- ; a disk partition but you wish to omit a select group of files from the
- ; backup. Depending on the patterns specified, you can omit whole directories
- ; (and their subdirectories) or individual files. As an example, the following
- ; patterns will omit all Trashcan icons, their folders and their contents:
- ;
- ; (Trashcan.info|Trashcan)
- ;
- ; Note that "Trashcan/#?" could also be used in the second pattern above.
- ; However, the above specification is more efficient since it omits the
- ; whole directory before it is ever scanned.
- ;
- ; The best way to learn how to use this filter is to experiment with it. It is
- ; quite likely that you will derive multiple copies of this file to support
- ; different backup requirements for different projects.
- ;
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