to be matched against path names
relative to the current working directory
and starting with
-.BR ./ .
+.BR / .
For a file to be exported, all lines with a prefix
.B +
must match and all those with prefix
.IP
.EX
cd /n/dump
-echo '+ ^\e.(/2003(/10..(/usr(/glenda/?)?)?)?)?' > /tmp/pattern
+echo '+ ^/(2003(/10..(/usr(/glenda/?)?)?)?)?' > /tmp/pattern
echo '- \e.(aes|pgp)$' >> /tmp/pattern
exportfs -P /tmp/pattern
.EE