diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a29490abbcefa3439641ff4aa70d54a0a9a8ba6..8a1bc6c428a18ab9cf4f1307cbda4af265d09e0c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ Here are the backup list files and exclude pattern files:
 local-list.txt and local-exclude.txt are managed by user. mbackup will not
 modify those files when it is uninstalled or upgraded. The other lists are
 shipped with mbackup and will be removed/overwritten when
-uninstalling/upgrading mbackup.
+uninstalling/upgrading mbackup. All text files should be in utf-8 encoding,
+especially if they include unicode file path.
 
 To learn more about file list and exclude patterns, read rsync man page
 https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.html --files-from option,
diff --git a/mbackup-config/local-exclude.txt b/mbackup-config/local-exclude.txt
index b8f8bbe51fd5d0bbcf375c057cf506443f263b5c..2212e5f4d9e658efaa74942752542bcdda122fea 100644
--- a/mbackup-config/local-exclude.txt
+++ b/mbackup-config/local-exclude.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # files/dirs to exclude, for syntax, check rsync patterns
 # This file is reserved when uninstall/upgrade mbackup.
 # lines started with # are comments.
+# unicode characters in path is supported such as D:\Movies\疯狂的赛车\***
 # example:
 # *.o
 # C:\foo\bar.iso
diff --git a/mbackup-config/local-list.txt b/mbackup-config/local-list.txt
index 7cdeaf86e3844528d4e526637f9e9701221eead9..dbd911ee3fb59b47586f15302653779eb8d11cf4 100644
--- a/mbackup-config/local-list.txt
+++ b/mbackup-config/local-list.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # local dirs to backup.
 # This file is reserved when uninstall/upgrade mbackup.
 # lines started with # are comments.
+# unicode characters in path is supported such as D:\Movies\疯狂的赛车
 # example:
 # C:\mydir
 # D:\some dir\some file.doc
diff --git a/mbackup.fsproj b/mbackup.fsproj
index d78b64124b311ffe7732d49a4234a567fbb470e8..5f1a0d3374acff33f0cfbee7876cb9de3ee8d6d9 100644
--- a/mbackup.fsproj
+++ b/mbackup.fsproj
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <RootNamespace>Mbackup</RootNamespace>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
-    <Version>0.6.1.0</Version>
+    <Version>0.6.2.0</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/operational b/operational
index f0122a81c45dd56feeee906c684c87cd4415942d..1cf66ca60bafce6846dfd963f174200e8912bc8a 100644
--- a/operational
+++ b/operational
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 * COMMENT -*- mode: org -*-
 #+Date: 2019-11-12
-Time-stamp: <2019-11-18>
+Time-stamp: <2019-11-30>
 #+STARTUP: content
 * notes                                                               :entry:
 ** 2019-11-12 mbackup for windows                                :featurereq:
@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ vscode should at least always indent using space for F#.
 
 * current                                                             :entry:
 ** 
+** 2019-11-30 bug: mbackup local exclude config is not used in rsync command.
+L271 should use win path when check whether file exists.
+
+- can I use typing to specify when a Linux path is required and when a windows
+  path is required?
 ** 2019-11-24 Make sure Chinese file name works in local.list file.
 ** 2019-11-23 when default .ssh dir is in %programdata%\mbackup\.ssh,
 there is a security concern.
@@ -284,6 +289,11 @@ Are there any code change required?
 
 ** 2019-11-18 add log rotate for %localappdata%\mbackup\mbackup.log
 * done                                                                :entry:
+** 2019-11-30 shipped local list, local exclude file should be in utf-8 encoding.
+when user open the file using notepad, it should be in utf-8 encoding.
+just add some unicode character in shipped local list file and save in utf-8 encoding
+in windows.
+
 ** 2019-11-19 allow local Users group to have full access to local list and local exclude file.
 by default, only admin can modify them, Users can only read/execute them.