Eric, thanks for your response. It does seem to me that amanda is backing up 
correctly the
"sub-share" //db/f$/inetsrv/webpub/images, because of these lines in the info 
output:
Current info for admin //db/f$/inetsrv/webpub/images:
  Stats: dump rates (kps), Full:  2661.0, 2785.0,  -1.0
                    Incremental:  230.0,   5.0,  21.0
          compressed size, Full: -100.0%,-100.0%,-100.0%
                    Incremental: -100.0%,-100.0%,-100.0%
  Dumps: lev datestmp  tape             file   origK   compK secs
          0  20030915  DailySet126        16 6809105 6826070 2565

It just doesn't seem to ignore the exclude file for the "full-share" backup.

-Kevin

>>> "eric a. Farris" <eafarris AT al.umces DOT edu> 09/17/03 10:59AM >>>
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 10:41:28AM -0400, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote:
I have had similar problems, and what i've found is that the smallest
unit that amanda will back up through samba is a *share*, and specifying
individual directories ("disk //server/share/dir1") is fruitless.

Can someone confirm this? Is this a limitation of Samba, or Amanda?

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Systems Administrator
UMCES Appalachian Laboratory  http://www.al.umces.edu/