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Re: DOMAIN question

1998-07-27 14:54:45
Subject: Re: DOMAIN question
From: "Frank M. Ramaekers Jr." <frankr AT IBM DOT NET>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:54:45 -0600
See Include/Exclude

At 10:48 AM 7/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I have a question concerning the DOMAIN option.
>
>We have a few Unix hosts with filesystems that we *don't* want to back
>up, so on those hosts I have a DOMAIN statement to control which
>filesystems to back up.
>
>This works, but I found no way in the documentation to do what I'd
>really like to do. I'll try to explain:
>
>Let's say I have a Unix host with filesystems for /, /usr, /tmp, /var,
>/usr/local, /users, and /scratch. I want to back up everything but
>/scratch and /tmp. I'd like to be able to say something like:
>
>        DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL !/scratch !/tmp
>
>(The exact syntax doesn't matter, the main idea is that I'd like to be
>able to say "all-local, minus these filesystems.")
>
>Instead, as near as I can tell, I have to say:
>
>        DOMAIN / /usr /var /usr/local /users
>
>Is there a way to do anyting like the first example? It's not a real
>big deal, but I'm paranoid about the day that I add a filesystem for
>/users2 and forget to add it to the domain statement. ;^)
>
>Geoff
>
>--
>Geoff Allen, geoff AT wsu DOT edu, <http://www.wsu.edu/~geoff/>
>
>The teacher said my book report was terrible and I need to do it over.
>Obviously, I need a cooler letterhead logo. -- Calvin, to Hobbes
>
>
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