On Wednesday 12 December 2018 14:31:06 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Am 12.12.18 um 19:38 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> > On Wednesday 12 December 2018 12:11:57 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> >> Am 12.12.18 um 17:32 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> >>> On Wednesday 12 December 2018 10:08:43 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> >>>> I only recently reconfigure some older servers to use the
> >>>> application amgtar instead of "GNUTAR"
> >>>>
> >>>> Now my old exclude lists aren't read anymore and the manpages
> >>>> aren't as informative as I would need them ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>> How to configure an exclude-list for amgtar, per DLE?
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> define dumptype global {
> >>>>
> >>>> program "APPLICATION"
> >>>> application "app_amgtar"
> >>>> # yes, I also defined that application above
> >>>>
> >>>> [..]
> >>>>
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> #disklist
> >>>>
> >>>> main root / {
> >>>> property "EXCLUDE-LIST-GLOB" "/etc/amanda/root-excludes"
> >>>>
> >>>> [..]
> >>>>
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> Maybe that glob has to be on the client? manpage only says:
> >>>>
> >>>> "EXCLUDE-LIST-GLOB
> >>>> A filename containing exclude glob expression for the restore
> >>>> command."
> >>>>
> >>>> whoa, "for restore" ... what about dump time?
> >>>
> >>> It has been specified in the dumptype, I think since before I
> >>> started useing it it the late '90's. I tend to keep my named
> >>> exclude lists in my /GenesAmandaHelper-0.61 directory. Clutters it
> >>> some, but it seems handier to have a fixed location, but it is on
> >>> a per client basis, so the excludes are unique to the client,
> >>> achieved in the dumptype, which is unique to that client,
> >>> sometimes 4 or more per client as os stuff is on the install cd if
> >>> the disk should choke and die.
> >>
> >> example?
> >>
> >> still the "exclude list" parameter? IMO the manpage doesn't tell
> >> the exact syntax here.
> >
> > Perhaps the thing glossed over is that in the file the list points
> > to, insufficient emphasis is placed on the format of a line, it
> > needs an anchor point of ./ so that it only applies to that file, or
> > dir and below it if the name is a directory.
> >
> > As for an example:
> >
> > define dumptype shop-tar-comp {
> > global
> > compress client best
> > exclude list "/GenesAmandaHelper-0.61/excludes"
> > }
> >
> > And that excludes list files content:
> >
> > ./*.iso
> > ./.gvfs
> > ./Ksocket-gene
> > ./orbit-gene
> > ./init
> > ./lock
> > ./run
> > ./rpc_pipefs
> >
> >
> > The filename itself is I think immaterial as long as its matched.
> > "excludes" above could both be one of the Kardashians. ;-)
>
> I had it exactly like that and it seemed to have stopped working with
> amgtar. Rechecked it, a single DLE test run looks good now. Thanks to
> you, Gene.
I'm going to have to quit this, everybody will think I am an expert. ;)
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