1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/watchlink/watchlink.cc b/watchlink/watchlink.cc
index 849e2f20..0cc8f232 100644
--- a/watchlink/watchlink.cc
+++ b/watchlink/watchlink.cc
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ load_exclusion_file(const string &link_dir)
   while (fgets(str, 1024, fp)) {
     string line(str);
 
+    //strip out comments
+    int pos = line.find("#");
+    line = line.substr(0,pos);
+
     StrProc tokens(line, " ");
     if (tokens.size() == 1) {
       string any("0/0");