@section Directive: noprocess <filename> [...]
-The 'noprocess' directive can be used to tell Autodist specificly not to
-process a file. The Autodist will not process the file during
-preparation or during distribution packaging. This directive is optional.
-One or more file can be specified in the 'noprocess' directive. Zero or
-more 'noprocess' directives can be used in distribution. The <filename>
-can be a single file or a regular expression that will match several files.
-Note that, in current Autodist version 'noprocess' cannot be used to
-specify directories.
+The 'noprocess' directive can be used to tell Autodist specificly not to
+process files or directories. The Autodist will not process the files
+during preparation or during distribution packaging. This directive is
+optional. One or more files can be specified in the 'noprocess'
+directive. Zero or more 'noprocess' directives can be used in
+distribution. The <filename> can be a single file, a single directory or
+a regular expression that will match several files and/or directories.
Example:
@example
noprocess autodist.texi
-noprocess apps/foo/*
+noprocess apps/foo/
@end example
-Autodist will not process 'autodist.texi' file, and any file that match
-'apps/foo/*'. Note that, any subdirectory under 'apps/foo/' will not
-match, and will be processed.
+Autodist will not process 'autodist.texi' file, and any files and
+directories under 'apps/foo/'.
Also note that, 'noprocess' directive cannot be used to disallow
processing of any file with '.ad' suffix.