[pbs-devel] applied: [PATCH pbs-docs] docs: pxar create: update docs to match current behavior
Dietmar Maurer
dietmar at proxmox.com
Tue Jul 28 10:59:53 CEST 2020
applied
> On 07/28/2020 9:24 AM Dylan Whyte <d.whyte at proxmox.com> wrote:
>
>
> This removes parts of the previous explanation of the tool that are no longer
> correct, and adds an explanation of '--exclude' parameter, instead.
>
> Adds more clarity to the command, by use of '/path/to/source' to signify
> source directory.
>
> Specify that the pattern matching style of the exclude parameter is that of
> gitignore's syntax.
> ---
> docs/pxar/description.rst | 21 ++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/pxar/description.rst b/docs/pxar/description.rst
> index 82b15fd9..f305ec07 100644
> --- a/docs/pxar/description.rst
> +++ b/docs/pxar/description.rst
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Run the following command to create an archive of a folder named ``source``:
>
> .. code-block:: console
>
> - # pxar create archive.pxar source
> + # pxar create archive.pxar /path/to/source
>
> This will create a new archive called ``archive.pxar`` with the contents of the
> ``source`` folder.
> @@ -35,35 +35,34 @@ To alter this behavior and follow device boundaries, use the
> ``--all-file-systems`` flag.
>
> It is possible to exclude certain files and/or folders from the archive by
> -passing glob match patterns as additional parameters. Whenever a file is matched
> -by one of the patterns, you will get a warning stating that this file is skipped
> -and therefore not included in the archive.
> +passing the ``--exclude`` parameter with ``gitignore``\-style match patterns.
>
> For example, you can exclude all files ending in ``.txt`` from the archive
> by running:
>
> .. code-block:: console
>
> - # pxar create archive.pxar source '**/*.txt'
> + # pxar create archive.pxar /path/to/source --exclude '**/*.txt'
>
> Be aware that the shell itself will try to expand all of the glob patterns before
> invoking ``pxar``.
> In order to avoid this, all globs have to be quoted correctly.
> -
> -It is possible to pass a list of match patterns to fulfill more complex
> -file exclusion/inclusion behavior, although it is recommended to use the
> +
> +It is possible to pass the ``--exclude`` parameter multiple times, in order to
> +match more than one pattern. This allows you to use more complex
> +file exclusion/inclusion behavior. However, it is recommended to use
> ``.pxarexclude`` files instead for such cases.
>
> For example you might want to exclude all ``.txt`` files except for a specific
> one from the archive. This is achieved via the negated match pattern, prefixed
> by ``!``.
> -All the glob pattern are relative to the ``source`` directory.
> +All the glob patterns are relative to the ``source`` directory.
>
> .. code-block:: console
>
> - # pxar create archive.pxar source '**/*.txt' '!/folder/file.txt'
> + # pxar create archive.pxar /path/to/source --exclude '**/*.txt' --exclude '!/folder/file.txt'
>
> -.. NOTE:: The order of the glob match patterns matters as later ones win over
> +.. NOTE:: The order of the glob match patterns matters as later ones override
> previous ones. Permutations of the same patterns lead to different results.
>
> ``pxar`` will store the list of glob match patterns passed as parameters via the
> --
> 2.20.1
>
>
>
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