On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:50:51AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 16 August 2002 05:17, Kevin Passey wrote:
> >Or can I change the conf file and put it as /usr/dumps/amanda.
> >
> >When I then backup /usr/ I would then exclude or include /dumps in
> > my disklist file.
> >
> >Or have I got it completely wrong
> >
> >Thanks anyway
> >
> >Kevin
> 
> You can use the exclude file if you're using tar, in which case you 
> can put it where the most free space is.  Mine's in /usr/dumps as I 
> had 27 gigs free there a year ago when I set this one up, and is so 
> entered in amanda.conf IIRC.
> 
> The exclude files entries are in relative format, meaning that the 
> entry line for excluding /usr/dumps looks like './dumps/' without 
> the quotes.  The leading ./ is very important.

I have dumps on three different partitions.  In each case I called
the directory dumps and put it directly under the partitions root dir.
That way Gene's exclude entry works for all three of them.

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