Make absolute ExclusionException patterns include ancestor directories

[wimlib] / doc / man1 / wimcapture.1

diff --git a/doc/man1/wimcapture.1 b/doc/man1/wimcapture.1
index 990c04c2754e19cee37b5389abfe5cb720201993..9426c81320619277e47360d1c49c9f5591675802 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/wimcapture.1
+++ b/doc/man1/wimcapture.1
@@ -291,8 +291,13 @@ bracketed sections.  Currently, the following sections are recognized:
 [ExclusionList] ---  contains a list of path globs to exclude from capture.  If
 a directory is matched, both the directory and its contents are excluded.
 .IP \[bu]
-[ExclusionException] --- contains a list of path globs to include in the
-capture, even when the file or directory also matches a glob in [ExclusionList].
+[ExclusionException] --- contains a list of path globs to include, even when the
+file or directory also matches a glob in [ExclusionList].  If a directory is
+matched, then all its contents are included as well.  Files or directories
+\fIwithin\fR a directory excluded by [ExclusionList] may even be included using
+this, though currently it only works for absolute globs (those that begin with
+"/" or "\\"); for example, "/dir/file" can be included while "/dir" can be
+excluded, but including simply "file" won't work in that case.
 .IP \[bu]
 [PrepopulateList] --- this does not affect capture, but if the image is applied
 later with \fB--wimboot\fR, these are globs of files that shall be extracted