----- Original Message -----
From: "David Barcelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I can't get amanda to exclude files. I am defining them on the server
> and not the client. I have the following entries under my global
> dumptype definition in amanda.conf:
>
> define dumptype global {
> comment "Global definitions"
> index yes
> record no
> exclude "./tmp"
> exclude "./proc"
> exclude "./dev"
> exclude "./dumps"
> exclude "./var/lib/amanda"
> exclude "./var/lib/spool/postfix"
> }
You forgot the "append" directive. Without "append", you overwrite
the append list, and effectively only the last item will be excluded.
Something like:
...
exclude append "./tmp"
exclude append "./proc"
...
