update help string

csd3-side/scripts/lsst-backup.py

@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ def error(self, message):
     parser.add_argument('--local-path', type=str, help='Absolute path to the folder to be uploaded.')
     parser.add_argument('--S3-prefix', type=str, help='Prefix to be used in S3 object keys.')
     parser.add_argument('--S3-folder', type=str, help='Subfolder(s) at the end of the local path to be used in S3 object keys.', nargs='?', const='', default='')
-    parser.add_argument('--exclude', nargs='+', help='Folders to exclude from upload as a list or wildcard. Must be relative paths from the local path.')
+    parser.add_argument('--exclude', nargs='+', help="Folders to exclude from upload as a list in the form ['dir1', 'dir2', ...] or other valid YAML. Must be subdorectories of the specified local path, given as relative paths.")
     parser.add_argument('--nprocs', type=int, help='Number of CPU cores to use for parallel upload.')
     parser.add_argument('--no-collate', default=False, action='store_true', help='Turn off collation of subfolders containing small numbers of small files into zip files.')
     parser.add_argument('--dryrun', default=False, action='store_true', help='Perform a dry run without uploading files.')
@@ -780,13 +780,6 @@ def error(self, message):
 
     exclude = []
     if args.exclude:
-        # if '*' not in ''.join(args.exclude):
-        #     # treat as list
-        #     exclude = [f'{local_dir}/{excl}' for excl in args.exclude[0].split(',')]
-        # else:
-        #     # treat as wildcard string
-        #     exclude = [item for sublist in [glob.glob(f'{local_dir}/{excl}') for excl in args.exclude] for item in sublist]
-        #     # exclude = glob.glob(f'{local_dir}/{args.exclude}')
         exclude = args.exclude
     print(f'Excluding {exclude}')