OK I got you. Could I still add options, enclosing them with them within the '{}' fields (eg exlcude "/var/holding" )
servername /var root-tar { exclude "/var/holding" } or can I only do this in the amanda.conf. Thanks, James > > I've patterned the diskfile showed somthing like the example: > > > > "fatboy /bigmama_BIGDIR /bigmama { # a big subdirectory > > comp-user-tar > > include "./bigdir" > > }" > > > > In this example the $DUMPTYPE is called /bigmama? If I'm not mistaken it looks > > like the definition of the dumptype (in this case /bigmama)is called afterward. > > Tell me if I'm interpreting this wrong please. So I could call the dumptype > > whatever I like? > > No. Look in the amanda(8) man page for an explanation of all the fields > in a disklist entry (DLE). In your example above, the optional field > "diskdevice" (/bigmama) is used. If it's not used (as in my example) then > it's assumed to be the same as the "diskname", which is / in my example > and /bigmama_BIGDIR in yours.