>> Is there a way to specify a file of patterns to include rather than to
>> exclude with the GNUTAR type?  Here's the scenario:
>> 
>In 2.4.3, check man amanda for "include", much like "exclude".

Note carefully that Jon says "like".  The "include" keyword does *not*
do patterns.  You must explicitly list each item to be included.

And, like "exclude", if you give it a file of items, that must exist
on the client, not the server.

Also note that the internal implementation is pretty straightforward --
the list you give Amanda just turns into a bunch of command line args
passed to GNU tar.  If your OS has limits on the size of a command line
or number of args, you could bang into that, and the symptoms may not be
obvious.  Always check your backup system after a significant change (and
once in a while just for the heck of it :-) with some test restores, etc.

>>Will

>Jon H. LaBadie

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, jrj AT purdue DOT edu