)
The 'x' is a single-letter that specifies the kind of rule to create. It
-can have trailing modifiers, and is separated from the RULE by one of the
-following characters: a single space, an equal-sign (=), or an underscore
-(_). Here are the available rule prefixes:
+can have trailing modifiers, and is separated from the RULE by either a
+single space or an underscore (_). Here are the available rule prefixes:
verb(
- specifies an exclude pattern.
:n- .non-inherited-per-dir-excludes
)
-The following modifiers are accepted after the "." or ":":
+The following modifiers are accepted after a "." or ":":
itemize(
it() A "-" specifies that the file should consist of only exclude
specified to turn off the parsing of prefixes).
)
+The following modifier is 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.
+)
+
Per-directory rules are inherited in all subdirectories of the directory
where the merge-file was found unless the 'n' modifier was used. Each
subdirectory's rules are prefixed to the inherited per-directory rules