Hi!

I've found into the amanda documentation (FAQ.gz) various ways to perform a 
backup. I've some doubts because my english is a little bad ( I'm spanish and 
my alternative language is french) and I would like to make some questions 
about this. The FAQ says the following:

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 You may create short-named links in some directory
closer to the root (/) so as to reduce the length of names.  I.e.,
instead of backing up /usr/home/foo and /usr/home/bar, create the
following links:
 /.foo -> /usr/home/foo
 /.bar -> /usr/home/bar
then list /.foo and /.bar in the disklist.

   Another approach is to group sub-directories in backup sets,
instead of backing up them all separately.  For example, create
/usr/home/.bkp1 and move `foo' and `bar' into it, then create links so
that the original pathnames remain functional.  Then, list
/usr/home/.bkp1 in the disklist.  You may create as many `.bkp<N>'
directories as you need.

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then, my doubt is the following: if I create a hidden directory /.furvbackup 
and into this a make some soft-links to the areas I want to backup, does it 
will work right? and another, I suppose there isn't problem to backup 
directories ( not partitions or disks) with amanda, is it right?, example, into 
disk list  ->    mypc    /path/to/directory always-full

Best regards,

Raúl
rcruz AT wild-spain DOT com