Hi,

I would like to configure bacula to exclude directories (and their 
subdirectories), from my backup, if that directory contains a file with 
a particular name. As an example, to manage the amount that we backup, 
we 'touch DO-NOT-BACKUP' in directories that need not be backed up to 
automatically get them excluded from the backup without having to 
manually mess around with exclude lists.

I've spent some time studying the manual on exclusions, but I've come to 
the conclusion that I can only exclude files and/or directories, not 
exclude a directory based on files it contains. Therefore in order to do 
what I want, I need to write a script and call it with the pipe | 
syntax, to generate the exclude list, e.g.

FileSet {
   Name = "export"
   Include {
     Options {
       signature = MD5
       sparse = yes
       noatime = yes
     }
     File = /export
   }
   Exclude {
   File = "| /etc/bacula/genexclude.sh"
   }
}

Is this correct?

Thanks.

-- 
Chris Howells <chris AT transitive DOT com>
SysAdmin - Transitive Ltd.
http://www.transitive.com

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