On 03/07/14 03:39, David Williams wrote:
Is there a way to have a per-directory .exclude file or similar which
tarsnap consults while traversing the file tree? I run tarsnap daily
as root to back up my machine (including /home) and it would be nice
if there was a way for a user account to create listings of
files/folders to be excluded without having to have root edit the
system configuration file.
No. You're not the first person to request this feature, though.
The best solution is probably to use the --nodump option and tell
your users to set the nodump file flag.
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Colin Percival
Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
