>
> define dumptype always-full-tax {
> global
> comment "Full dump of this filesystem always using tar"
> program "GNUTAR"
> exclude "/var/log/messages"
> compress fast
> priority high
> record no
> index yes
> dumpcycle 0
> }
>
I assume that /var is mounted on /dev/hda3. If so try:
exclude "./log/messages"
> I also tried exclude"./log/messages" in the dumptype definition but
Did you typo the space? A space is required between the directive and
argument.
As a side note I the error "file changed as we read it" should not cause
tar to fail. I get that message in my output mails more days then not.
It has never caused tar to fail for me. You might want to look at
the amanda logs in /tmp/amanda more closley.
What version of tar are you using? There are known problems with some
versions of gnutar. Version 1.3.19 is known to work correctly. This
might be your problem.
Andrew Hall
