On 03/07/14 03:39, David Williams wrote: > Is there a way to have a per-directory .exclude file or similar which > tarsnap consults while traversing the file tree? I run tarsnap daily > as root to back up my machine (including /home) and it would be nice > if there was a way for a user account to create listings of > files/folders to be excluded without having to have root edit the > system configuration file.
No. You're not the first person to request this feature, though. The best solution is probably to use the --nodump option and tell your users to set the nodump file flag. -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
