Thomas Manson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   I wonder if it is possible to mark a directory to be exclude from the 
> backup by another mean that the bacula-dir.conf.
> 
>   Here we have a centralized configuration for what is to be backup, 
> while I think a distributed configuration would be more efficient and 
> easy to handle (Ok, not in every case, but in my case I don't get why 
> the director should know every thing about it's clients file system)
> 
>   For example, if a directory would contain an empty file 
> .bacula_exclude_dir own by a specific user, the file daemon would not 
> backup this dir even if inside a directory mention with a File=

Well, FWIW, this is implemented, but not released.

See http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html

Look for "Exclude Dirs Containing"

Now in the SVN version, coming soon to a release near you.

Is this what you're looking for?

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Dan Langille

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