Re: .exclude file or similar?

[David Williams <xflow7@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the quick response and for the nodump tip.  I'll look into that.

Best,

Dave

On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com> wrote:
> 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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>