On the other hand: I also used .amanda-exclude-list at the top of any DLE that needed an exclude list.
However, they broke a few years ago. I don’t know if that was my version of Linux or my version of amanda. So trying a globalized version is a good idea. Deb Baddorf Fermilab > On Jul 9, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Kees Meijs | Nefos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > Thank you for your prompt answer. > > On 09-07-2021 15:10, Charles Curley wrote: >> I wonder why you put the excludes file in with the stuff being backed >> up? I usually put my excludes files in with my amanda files, and refer >> to them with a fully qualified path: >> >> define dumptype comp-root-tar-var { >> comp-root-tar >> comment "Root partitions with compression, special for /var" >> exclude list "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/excludes.var" >> } > > Well that's easy: I was under the impression one must have a excludes file > per DLE. I was wrong. > >> I'm no expert on UEFI, but it strikes me as asking for problems to put >> anything other than UEFI files in /boot/efi. I vaguely recall that that >> is a FAT file system, in which case the file name may be a problem. >> >> >> Also, it's rather hard to diagnose what is likely a permissions issue >> without knowing what the relevant permissions are. >> >> root@hawk:/etc/amanda/DailySet1# ll excludes.var >> -rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup 138 Mar 26 2018 excludes.var >> root@hawk:/etc/amanda/DailySet1# > > Yes that's FAT32 and yes the filename is invalid and therefore a problem. >> -- Does anybody read signatures any more? > > Yes, I just did. :-) > > Thanks! Will try with a general exclude file in a different location. > > Cheers, > Kees
