2003. november 14. 12.48 dátummal Stefan G. Weichinger ezt írta: > Hello, samba-users, > > I am using Amanda to backup WinNT-shares. > > Amanda uses smbclient to generate smbtar-archives which it then writes > to tape. > > As you all know there are various files on Windows-system-partitions > that donŽt need to be on backup. > > For example stuff like > > pagefile.sys > System Volume Information > hiberfil.sys > > and the registry files. > > So there is a need to exclude files from getting into the > archives/tapes. One reason is to keep stuff small, another is to > eliminate annoying errors coming from open files. > > --- > > smbclient can exclude stuff via the "-X" option. > > Jon LaBadie and I have tried various approaches to exclude multiple > items which may be contained in some kind of exclude-list (similar to > the exclude file amanda uses for gnutar-backups). Jon has written a > small smbclient-wrapper to feed the multiple options to smbclient, but > it doesnŽt work out so far. > > We found that multiple includes are supported by the "-I" option, but > it seems that there is only supported ONE exclude by the "-X" option. > > It is always the first item given that is excluded. > > Also we could not exactly figure out how all this relates to using "-r". > > So the questions are: > > - Can we exclude multiple items from being processed by smbclient via > "-X"? Or somehow else? > > - If yes, could someone point us to the right syntax?
You can list all the files excludable in the form: -X "file_1" "file_2" "file_n" Filenames need to be exactly the same that smbtar echos without -X. It seems no wildcards allowed. > > - How to understand the "-r" option? Does "HAVE_REGEX_H" to be > compiled into client.c/clitar.c to support regexes? The behavior of > "-r" does not change the way we expected from reading the manuals. > Sorry, I haven't used -r so far. > Thank you all, > Stefan G. Weichinger > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- attiko -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba