One could capture the .exclude files prior to the execution of tarsnap and generate a -X exclude.file
On 7 March 2014 11:39:19 WET, David Williams <[email protected]> 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. > >Thanks, > >Dave -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
