On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 03:53:03PM -0800, Rob Helmer wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I am backing up Solaris hosts, and I want to use Amanda and
> GNUtar to do it, but I am a bit confused about how (in)flexible
> exclude lists are with GNUtar ..
>
> Currently, I have the server set up to back itself up, I have
> an exclude.gtar file, and I am backing up the / and /usr/local
> slices.
>
> Is there any way I can have one exclude.gtar for /, and one
> for /usr/local ? For example, I may want /etc and not
> /usr/local/etc, or vice versa and the exclude list would
> look at both as an entry for "etc".
>From amanda.conf:
# If a relative pathname is specified as the exclude list,
# it is searched from within the directory that is
# going to be backed up.
Thus, each DLE can have its own exclude file.
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