[rdiff-backup-users] excluding hidden files

[Dave Poirier]

I have an application where I need to back up everything but hidden 
files.  I tried the --exclude ".*", and other variants, but I understand 
that is essentially telling rdiff-backup to not backup anything, hence 
the errors.   Does anyone know of an easy way to exclude the hidden 
files?  I did try the filelist with no luck.  It seemed to ignore 
anything that was preceded by a "."  Thanks in advance.  Keep up the 
great work!!!
Dave