Re: Upgrade to 2.4.3 has hiccup
2003-01-04 19:55:54
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 05:38:43PM -0600, Douglas K. Rand wrote:
> >> [Doug whining because he has to create those empty exlude files ...]
>
> Jean-Louis> You can use the keyword 'optional' on your exclude
> Jean-Louis> specification and amanda will not complain if the file
> Jean-Louis> doesn't exist. You don't have to create empty files.
>
> Cool! I don't see the particular syntax in the man page. (I was afraid
> I'd just not read the page closely enough after the upgrade. :))
>
> Does this syntax work?
>
> define dumptype tar {
> defaults
> program "GNUTAR"
> optional exclude list ".amanda.excludes"
> }
The man page is clear:
exclude [ list|file ][[optional][ append ][ "string" ]+]
So you need: exclude list optional ".amanda.excludes"
Are you looking at the man page for 2.4.3?
Jean-Louis
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