>> I still like this behavior, but now it is Amanda's sendbackup (and
>> sendsize) that checkes for the existance of the exclude file, and
>> in its absence it doesn't pass it to the backup command.

Jon> I don't mind that, but I think a warning should be printed at
Jon> some point rather than have to notice in a debug file that I
Jon> misspeeled .amanda.exclude.  Is there some notice given?

Jon> In fact, if that sendbackup behavior still exists in 2.4.3 (I
Jon> suspect it does), then I think the new amcheck notice should be a
Jon> warning, not an error.

Personally, I don't have a problem with the warning only being in the
sendsize or sendbackup diagnostic files. I use the amcheck -m alot and
have the output sent to my pager, so I wouldn't want it to always warn
me of those, and even if I missed changing a tape, I might not want
all those warnings. But thats just my $0.02.