[ sending again to the whole list ] On 8 Sep 2012, at 19:29, David Prager Branner wrote:
> Using the -X option, I am maintaining a list of patterns for files to be > excluded. It works fine, but I'd like to be able to put comments in the file, > too. Is there an established syntax for doing this? What you could do instead is have the setting in your ~/.tarsnaprc file, where you can add comments if the line starts with '#'. For example: --- # Can be rebuilt, see http://jimmitchell.org/2008/02/20/rebuilding-the-mail-envelope-index/ exclude /Users/me/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index exclude /Users/me/Library/Caches # Can be rebuilt, see https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3253318?start=0&tstart=0 exclude /Users/me/Library/Preferences/SDMHelpData exclude /Users/me/.Trash --- Best wishes, Steven
