--On Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:41:29 -0400 Jean-Francois Malouin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Frank Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20020903 11:18] thus spake:
>> --On Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:10:18 -0400 Jean-Francois Malouin
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I just installed and configured amanda-2.4.3b4-20020829 on a Linux box
>> > with an ecrix tape library and I might be stumbling on some bug and/or
>> > feature: relative path exclude list don't seem to be used at all...
>> >
>> > Perusing in the posts for 2.4.3b4 announcement from Jean-Louis I see
>> > that this version is supposed to have this fixed... Is this really the
>> > case? I can provide debug files on demand.
>> >
>> Do you have an exclude list properly defined in your dumptype?
>> Are you using tar?
>> Is the exclude list file in the top level of the directory you're trying
>> to back up and is it in the correct format?
>
> I've been using amanda for a few years now and I'm fully aware of all
> the quirks in setting up exclude lists. I have 3 other servers running
> 2.4.2p2 with relative exclude lists with tape libraries (exb-200,
> adic-218 and stk-L40) with no problems whatsoever. For this one, I
> decided to jump ahead with 2.4.3b4...maybe I'll go back to 2.4.2p2.
>
> Anyways, yes, I'm using tar (GNU tar) 1.13.19.
>
> Here are the dumptypes from amanda.conf:
>
> ---
> amanda.conf
> ---
>
> define dumptype global {
> comment "Global definitions"
> index yes
> record yes
> }
>
> define dumptype root-tar {
> global
> program "GNUTAR"
> comment "root partitions dumped with tar"
> compress none
> index
> priority low
> }
>
> define dumptype high-tar-raid-epilepsy {
> root-tar
> comment "partitions dumped with tar"
> priority high
> exclude list ".amanda-gnutar-exclude-list.txt"
> }
>
> ---
> disklist entry
> ---
>
> blade /raid/epilepsy high-tar-raid-epilepsy
>
> ---
> On the host blade (amanda server and client) I created a file called
> /raid/epilepsy/.amanda-gnutar-exclude-list.txt:
>
> [root@blade]# cd /raid/epilepsy/
> [root@blade]# ls -la .amanda-gnutar-exclude-list.txt
> -rw------- 1 amanda disk 123 Sep 2 08:18
> .amanda-gnutar-exclude-list.txt
>
> ---
> exclude file
> ---
>
> [root@blade]# cat .amanda-gnutar-exclude-list.txt
> ./diffusion/
> ./extra-TLE/
> ./F_MRI/
> ./MRI_misc/
> ./MT/
> ./neda/
> ./PREVIOUS/
> ./relaxo/
> ./restore/
> ./samson/
> ./thalamus/
> ./TLE/
>
>
Yes, it looks like you have it set up correctly, maybe it is a 2.4.3b4
thing (I'm still running 2.4.2p2). What issues are you seeing with
the latest version?
Unrelated question:
Doesn't the trailing slash on your exclude list entries mean that only
those directories themselves are skipped and not any subdirectories?
I leave off the slash to prune the directory tree at that point, and
can't think of too many uses for excluding a directory while backing
up its subdirectories. Or possibly my idea of exclude syntax is off.
Frank
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