Comment 0 for bug 505366

I'd like to have an interface/command to list the files that matches a given include/exclude pattern/file.

USE CASE:
I'm facing a problem, where duplicity (0.5.06, Ubuntu Hardy) backs up far too many files, and it appears to be related to my refactoring of
  + /var/lib/vz/private/111/var/lib/mysql/sqldump
  + /var/lib/vz/private/142/var/lib/mysql/sqldump
  /var/lib/vz/private/111/var/lib/mysql/*/
  /var/lib/vz/private/142/var/lib/mysql/*/
to
  + **/var/lib/mysql/sqldump
  **/var/lib/mysql/*/*
  (and adding)
  **/var/lib/mysql/ibdata1
  **/var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile*

It would be very helpful to easily test those patterns to track this down.