>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Normann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> I have 2 problems on my hand with Amanda, and I was wondering if
Peter> any of you would care to help a clueless newbie.
Peter> First prob:
Peter> I have a raid system running ReiserFS (which is why I am turning
Peter> to Amanda, ditching ARCserve) where Mac users (via netatalk) would
Peter> create tons of directories with funny characters like spaces and
Peter> danish characters. I would like to back that up for some mysterius
Peter> reason (duh!).
Peter> Since the raid system is to large for 1 DLT tape I can't dump the
Peter> whole file system to tape. So I have to use gnutar and reference
Peter> the directories. You cannot put entries in the disklist file with
Peter> funny characters, so I tried to make a directory named .backup
Peter> where I put symlinks to the directories called dump1, dump2
Peter> etc. This way I could manage the dumpsizes by gathering symlinks
Peter> in the directories glancing at the directory sizes.
Peter> The only thing is, now I have a bunch of tapes with symlinks on
Peter> them and nothing else.
Peter> I have also tried making hard links but that is not permitted,
Peter> even though I am root and try to force it with the -F option.
reference the files as:
/.backup/whatever/.
The trailing /. will force the symlink to get dereferenced.
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