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Re: [Networker] Core Files not skipped by Directives

2005-04-05 19:46:44
Subject: Re: [Networker] Core Files not skipped by Directives
From: George Sinclair <George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:46:27 -0400
Hmm ... if that's true then how would you skip certain files only under
/ ?

George

Darren Dunham wrote:
> 
> > Well, I'm not categorically stating that you have to. That was just my
> > surmise as to how it's little brain works. I mean, for example, if I
> > list say / under the savesets for a given client then is NetWorker gonna
> > back up just / or is it gonna back up all the file systems? Of course,
> > we all know it will descend no further than /; so, with the exception of
> > the mount point path names, any other file systems would not be captured
> > even though their mount points are under the root FS. I guess I was
> > thinking that directives would follow along the same logic?
> >
> > But I would try it, and if doing it that way works ... natch. Should be
> > easy enough to test. As far as it being a bummer ... yes, it is. Might
> > be something in the man page, though, for uasm that might tell you how
> > to work around it?
> 
> The language in nsr(5) leads me to believe that it should traverse
> filesystems.  The language about the .nsr files is explicit that it does
> do so.  I see no reason that the server-fed directives would not also.
> 
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