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diff --git a/Documentation/MANPAGE.md b/Documentation/MANPAGE.md index 3a2f6c5..3af7cb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/MANPAGE.md +++ b/Documentation/MANPAGE.md @@ -192,22 +192,27 @@ You need root permissions to use `-dev`. #### -e PATH, -exclude PATH Only for reverse mode: exclude relative plaintext path from the encrypted view, matching only from root of mounted filesystem. Can be passed multiple -times. Example: +times. No wildcards. + +Example that excludes the directories "Music" and "Movies" from the root +directory: gocryptfs -reverse -exclude Music -exclude Movies /home/user /mnt/user.encrypted See also `-exclude-wildcard`, `-exclude-from` and the [EXCLUDING FILES](#excluding-files) section. -#### -ew PATH, -exclude-wildcard PATH -Only for reverse mode: exclude paths from the encrypted view, matching anywhere. -Wildcards supported. Can be passed multiple times. Example: +#### -ew GITIGNORE-PATTERN, -exclude-wildcard GITIGNORE-PATTERN +Only for reverse mode: exclude paths from the encrypted view in gitignore(5) syntax, +wildcards supported. Pass multiple times for multiple patterns. + +Example to exclude all `.mp3` files in any directory: - gocryptfs -reverse -exclude-wildcard '*~' /home/user /mnt/user.encrypted + gocryptfs -reverse -exclude-wildcard '*.mp3' /home/user /mnt/user.encrypted See also `-exclude`, `-exclude-from` and the [EXCLUDING FILES](#excluding-files) section. #### -exclude-from FILE -Only for reverse mode: reads exclusion patters (using `-exclude-wildcard` syntax) +Only for reverse mode: reads gitignore patterns from a file. Can be passed multiple times. Example: gocryptfs -reverse -exclude-from ~/crypt-exclusions /home/user /mnt/user.encrypted @@ -550,16 +555,17 @@ the `-exclude`, `-exclude-wildcard` and `-exclude-from` options. `-exclude` matches complete paths, so `-exclude file.txt` only excludes a file named `file.txt` in the root of the mounted filesystem; files named `file.txt` -in subdirectories are still visible. (This option is kept for compatibility -with the behavior up to version 1.6.x) +in subdirectories are still visible. Wildcards are NOT supported. +This option is kept for compatibility with the behavior up to version 1.6.x. +New users should use `-exclude-wildcard` instead. -`-exclude-wildcard` matches files anywhere, so `-exclude-wildcard file.txt` +`-exclude-wildcard` uses gitignore syntax and matches files anywhere, so `-exclude-wildcard file.txt` excludes files named `file.txt` in any directory. If you want to match complete paths, you can prefix the filename with a `/`: `-exclude-wildcard /file.txt` excludes only `file.txt` in the root of the mounted filesystem. -If there are many exclusions, you can use `-exclude-from` to read exclusion -patterns from a file. The syntax is that of `-exclude-wildcard`, so use a +If there are many exclusions, you can use `-exclude-from` to read gitignore +patterns from a file. As with `-exclude-wildcard`, use a leading `/` to match complete paths. The rules for exclusion are that of [gitignore](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format). @@ -649,4 +655,4 @@ See also: https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/blob/master/internal/exitcodes/ex SEE ALSO ======== -mount(2) fuse(8) fallocate(2) encfs(1) +mount(2) fuse(8) fallocate(2) encfs(1) gitignore(5) |