Alexander Jolk wrote:

srv1    /homes/z    comp-user-tar 1
srv1    /homes {
    comp-user-tar
    exclude append "./[a-z]"
    } 1

No need to define a proper dumptype for every exclusion under the sun.

Do you think this one will work?


# the backup of home is getting larger when compressed
prometheus      /home/a*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/b*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/c*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/d*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/e*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/f*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/g*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/h*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/i*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/j*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/k*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/l*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/m*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/n*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/o*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/p*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/q*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/r*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/s*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/t*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/u*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/v*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/w*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/x*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/y*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home/z*        tar-dfault-no-x
prometheus      /home           {
                                        tar-dfault-no-x
                                        exclude append /home/[a-z]*
                                }

GH