m == [email protected] writes: m> The '.' is required, all excludes are relative to the dle you back up.
m> Brandon Metcalf wrote: m> > I have defined an exclude list in a dumptype using m> > m> > exclude list "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list" m> > m> > with entries like m> > m> > $ cat /etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list m> > ./dumps m> > ./opt/dell/srvadmin/shared/.ipc m> > m> > I have a couple of questions about the entries. Based on the m> > documentation I've read and the tests I've run, the leading '.' is m> > required which means these are relative paths to the device where m> > these directories live. m> > m> > First, am I correct in thinking the '.' are required? If so, how can m> > Amanda be told to exclude, for example, /dumps on sda1 but still m> > backup /dumps on sda2 other than defining different dumps types with m> > their own exclude list? m> > m> You can't. Seems like a nice feature would be to allow the DLE to be specified in the exclude list. -- Brandon
