OK I got you. Could I still add options, enclosing them with them within the
'{}' fields (eg exlcude "/var/holding" )

servername /var root-tar { exclude "/var/holding" }

or can I only do this in the amanda.conf.

Thanks,

James

> > I've patterned the diskfile showed somthing like the example:
> > 
> > "fatboy /bigmama_BIGDIR /bigmama { # a big subdirectory
> > comp-user-tar
> > include "./bigdir"
> > }"
> > 
> > In this example the $DUMPTYPE is called /bigmama? If I'm not mistaken it
looks
> > like the definition of the dumptype (in this case /bigmama)is called
afterward.
> > Tell me if I'm interpreting this wrong please. So I could call the dumptype
> > whatever I like?
> 
> No.  Look in the amanda(8) man page for an explanation of all the fields 
> in a disklist entry (DLE).  In your example above, the optional field 
> "diskdevice" (/bigmama) is used.  If it's not used (as in my example) then 
> it's assumed to be the same as the "diskname", which is / in my example 
> and /bigmama_BIGDIR in yours.