Hi,
In my exclude rules for the /var filesystem backup, I have some lines
like this:
./spool/postfix/private/*
./lib/lists-archives/archives/*
Which, according to the docs, are the right way to do this (there are
sockets in those directories which cause gtar warnings.) However,
they are ignored! Also, lines like:
*/no-backup/*
are ignored -- even though this is basically EXACTLY like an example
in the book chapter. However:
no-backup
works. (Although it totally excludes the directory and not just its
contents). Also, likes like this work:
It seems that everything with asterisks is broken. Patterns without
wildcards, eg:
./lib
correctly exclude the directory.
I have GNU tar 1.13.17, Amanda 2.4.1p1, running on a set of Debian
GNU/Linux systems.
Thanks!
-- John
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