From 077eb6f00112bf34025b2a37973224e04f203fb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ruben Barkow Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2016 04:26:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] added note that comments must be one line --- README.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 67c0a71..4be97fd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,4 +23,10 @@ # if it is all fine, start your backup with rsync -aP --exclude-from=/var/tmp/ignorelist /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR -At the start, there is a section with directories, probably not worth a backup. Uncomment those lines to exclude them as well. +You can edit the ignorelist file before execution as it serves you well: + +- At the start, there is a section with directories, probably not worth a backup. Uncomment those lines to exclude them as well. + +- All lines starting with a `#` are being ignored. + +- The syntax doesn't support comments at the end of a line jet.