>> Is there a way to specify a file of patterns to include rather than to >> exclude with the GNUTAR type? Here's the scenario: >> >In 2.4.3, check man amanda for "include", much like "exclude".
Note carefully that Jon says "like". The "include" keyword does *not* do patterns. You must explicitly list each item to be included. And, like "exclude", if you give it a file of items, that must exist on the client, not the server. Also note that the internal implementation is pretty straightforward -- the list you give Amanda just turns into a bunch of command line args passed to GNU tar. If your OS has limits on the size of a command line or number of args, you could bang into that, and the symptoms may not be obvious. Always check your backup system after a significant change (and once in a while just for the heck of it :-) with some test restores, etc. >>Will >Jon H. LaBadie John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
