On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Bartl, Michael wrote:
> Steven,
> a simple "Exclude /root.b/*" covers only files that are located directly
> in root.b.
> One should expect that
> /dir/* covers all files in dir and
> /dir/.../* covers all files in all subdirs of dir, so
> both options cover all files below dir.
>
> A short look into the manual pages leads to the result that
> /dir/.../* includes /dir/*, so only one exclude is necessary to exclude
> a whole branch.
>
Michael,

     Thanks for the explanation.

Steve (unVMix Systems Programmer/Dude) Roder
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