Brandon Metcalf wrote:

m == martineau AT zmanda DOT com writes:

 m> Brandon Metcalf wrote:
 m> >  m> > First, am I correct in thinking the '.' are required?  If so, how 
can
 m> >  m> > Amanda be told to exclude, for example, /dumps on sda1 but still
 m> >  m> > backup /dumps on sda2 other than defining different dumps types with
 m> >  m> > their own exclude list?
 m> >  m> >
 m> >  m> You can't.
 m> >
 m> >
 m> > Seems like a nice feature would be to allow the DLE to be specified in
 m> > the exclude list.
 m> >

 m> The 'exclude list' can be a relative path to the dle.


So, you're saying I can specify one dumptype with

  exclude list "./amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list"

or is it

  exclude list "amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list"

Both works.

and have this file exist on each DLE?

Yes.

Jean-Louis