Hello all,
I've made changes to a job's fileset, but it does not seem to have any 
effect.  By doing a SELECT in the bacula database, I'm able to see that 
files which are part of a path which I've added to an Exclude block are 
still being backed up.

Heres the fileset for an example:
Before:
FileSet {
  Name = Example
  Include {
   Options {
    signature = MD5
    compression = GZIP
    RegexDir = ".*ports.*"
    Exclude = YES
   }
   File = /etc/
   File = /usr/local/etc/
   File = /var/
   File = /opt/jails/
  }
}

I noticed there's a large amount of unnecessary data in /var/tmp that 
needs to be kept, but not backed up, so I updated the fileset to read 
(note the Exclude{} block at the bottom):
FileSet {
  Name = Example
  Include {
   Options {
    signature = MD5
    compression = GZIP
    RegexDir = ".*ports.*"
    Exclude = YES
   }
   File = /etc/
   File = /usr/local/etc/
   File = /var/
   File = /opt/jails/
  }
  Exclude {
   File = /var/tmp/
  }
}

However, despite there being 10GB of files in /var/tmp, the backup size 
does not change.  A 'list files' or SELECT in the bacula DB still shows 
the directory and all of its files being backed up in the latest full 
backup (after a 'reload'):
bacula=# SELECT count(*) from file JOIN filename ON (file.filenameid = 
filename.filenameid) JOIN path ON (file.pathid = path.pathid) where 
jobid = xxxxxx and path like '/var/tmp/%';
  count
-------
   4705
(1 row)

I've also noticed that the "Example" fileset and its associated MD5 in 
the Bacula database do not get updated after a bconsole reload. The 
manual states "Any change to the list of the included files will cause 
Bacula to automatically create a new FileSet (defined by the name and an 
MD5 checksum of the Include/Exclude contents)".

Has anyone ran into this before?  Is there something I'm missing that is 
preventing the fileset changes from taking effect?  FYI I'm using 
Bacula-3.0.3 on FreeBSD with a PostgreSQL 8.3 database.

Thanks.



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