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manual: Add info on special items 

Add info about handling of symlinks and bind-mounts.

Closes: #1014
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$ restic -r /tmp/backup backup --files-from /tmp/files_to_backup /tmp/some_additional_file
Backing up special items
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**Symlinks** are archieved as symlinks, ``restic``does not follow them.
When you restore, you get the same symlink again, with the same link target
and the same timestamps.
If there is a **bind-mount** below a directory that is to be saved, restic descends into it.
Reading data from stdin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~