-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 08/20/13 15:02, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > On 08/19/2013 12:41 PM, Jonathan Bayer wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We have a few users who, for various reasons, constantly create & >> delete huge files (hundreds of gigs). I'd like to exclude these >> from the backup process. >> >> How can I do that, since I don't know where they can appear or >> what their names are? > > You can't.
Actually, ues, you can. Instead of using a static Fileset, you can configure Bacula to source a script that generates it on the fly. You could create a dynamic-fileset script that excludes all files over a specified size. Here's an example from http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/install/install/Configuring_Director.html of a dynamically-generated Fileset: Include { Options { signature = SHA1 } File = "|sh -c 'df -l | grep \"^/dev/hd[ab]\" | grep -v \".*/tmp\" \ | awk \"{print \\$6}\"'" } So you could simply create a dynamic fileset script here that enumerates all directories and all files not exceeding a specified size. Now, the above is a bit of a brute-force solution. I have not personally tried this refinement, but I see no reason it should not ALSO be possible to create a static fileset with a dynamically generated exclude list, something like this. FileSet { Name = "Dynamic Exclude Set" Include { Options { signature = SHA1 File = "|sh -c 'find /home -size +10G'" Exclude = yes } File = / File = /home File = /var } } This example should result in automatically excluding any file 10GB or larger located anywhere under /home. - -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, SQL wrangler, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEAREIAAYFAlITy6cACgkQ0DfOju+hMknfvgCaAq9OAedfNULleI25KMyuf/WE VEgAoKXy0MSGDA24NUWMKzvCLY3TlOdN =7XM+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
