On Friday, April 20, 2012 10:04:56 AM Charles Curley did opine: > On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:55:10 -0400 > > gene heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great. Next, for something that nags me in the report emails, the > > ".gvfs" directories for each user that the *buntu's use, is not > > accessible, even by root, so we haven't a clue what its doing or if > > it needs backed up even. > > apt-cache show gvfs > > If you have no idea what it does, you probably don't need to back it up. > > > I have long had a line './.gvfs' in my global excludes but that still > > causes a "can't stat, no permission" line wrapped in several lines of > > context. What is the proper syntax to exclude this per usr subdir? > > ./.gvfs > > assuming a dle of: > > yendi.localdomain /home/charles comp-root-tar-yendi-home > > and a dump type of: > > define dumptype comp-root-tar-yendi-home { > comp-root-tar > comment "Root partitions with compression, special for > yendi:/home/charles" > exclude list "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/excludes.yendi.home" } > > This is on Amanda 3.2.1, and tar 1.25 (Ubuntu 11.04).
Thanks Charles. I _think_ that I wasn't using a dumptype that included the excludes list file. Since everything else inherits global, I moved it to there as it won't hurt anything if it is used globally on my systems. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> How much does it cost to entice a dope-smoking UNIX system guru to Dayton? -- Brian Boyle, UNIX/WORLD's First Annual Salary Survey
