On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:50:51AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 16 August 2002 05:17, Kevin Passey wrote: > >Or can I change the conf file and put it as /usr/dumps/amanda. > > > >When I then backup /usr/ I would then exclude or include /dumps in > > my disklist file. > > > >Or have I got it completely wrong > > > >Thanks anyway > > > >Kevin > > You can use the exclude file if you're using tar, in which case you > can put it where the most free space is. Mine's in /usr/dumps as I > had 27 gigs free there a year ago when I set this one up, and is so > entered in amanda.conf IIRC. > > The exclude files entries are in relative format, meaning that the > entry line for excluding /usr/dumps looks like './dumps/' without > the quotes. The leading ./ is very important.
I have dumps on three different partitions. In each case I called the directory dumps and put it directly under the partitions root dir. That way Gene's exclude entry works for all three of them. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)