Re: .exclude file or similar?

[Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>]

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
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