From 018c0296fdc819e76ee6b5c75b7bbab9303d3f17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Helfman Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 10:14:46 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document that special file exclusion also excludes symlinks to special files (#596). --- docs/how-to/backup-your-databases.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases.md b/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases.md index 0bb3b8371..1386a1428 100644 --- a/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases.md +++ b/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases.md @@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ such files. Common directories to exclude are `/dev` and `/run`, but that may not be exhaustive. New in version 1.7.3 When database hooks are enabled, borgmatic automatically excludes special files that may cause Borg to hang, so you no longer need to manually -exclude them. You can override/prevent this behavior by explicitly setting -`read_special` to true. +exclude them. (This includes symlinks with special files as a destination.) You +can override/prevent this behavior by explicitly setting `read_special` to true. ### Manual restoration