>       Not trying to start a flame but is it really worthwhile excluding
> (e.g. core files) in terms of:
> 
> a)    The admin time to choose which files to exclude
> b)    Setting up the e/list
> c)    Publishing the list as suggested
> d)    Maintaining ditto
> 
> Compared with not being able to restore files ('cos they weren't backed
> up!)? In other words, what fraction of total tape use is saved by doing
> things like this? Or, put another way: how many admin hours (i.e. $$) is a
> chunk of tape worth?

However, for "core" in particular, no I've never worked at a place where
they were a problem enough to worry about.

I would assume that if they were already in the default exclude list
that I've let them stay.  I probably wasn't considering the chance that
it might collide with a useful file or directory.

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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