Trying to include a subdirectory that is below an exlusion

I am just learning this stuff so please be patient (this is day 1).

I have a server that I am trying to get a subdirectory included which is below an exclusion.

# cat avtar.cmd
--exclude=/oracle/SND/sapdata*
--exclude=/oracle/SND/mirrlog*
--exclude=/oracle/SND/origlog*
--exclude=/oracle/SND/saptrace/*
--exclude=/tmp
--include=/oracle/SND/origlogA/cntl/*
--ignorefs=nfs

I get the following error:

2019-01-24 11:42:04 avtar Warning <8457>: Include pattern "/oracle/SND/origlogA/cntl/*" is superfluous because it does not match any exclude patterns; ignored.

What might I be overlooking?

Client is running HP-UX 11.31

avtar is version: 7.4.101-58