Re: Optional exclude list results in STRANGE report

On the other hand:     I also used  .amanda-exclude-list
at the top of any DLE that needed an exclude list.

However, they broke a few years ago.  I don’t know if that was my
version of Linux  or my version of amanda.

So trying a globalized version is a good idea.

Deb Baddorf
Fermilab

> On Jul 9, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Kees Meijs | Nefos <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Charles,
> 
> Thank you for your prompt answer.
> 
> On 09-07-2021 15:10, Charles Curley wrote:
>> I wonder why you put the excludes file in with the stuff being backed
>> up? I usually put my excludes files in with my amanda files, and refer
>> to them with a fully qualified path:
>> 
>> define dumptype comp-root-tar-var {
>>     comp-root-tar
>>     comment "Root partitions with compression, special for /var"
>>     exclude list "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/excludes.var"
>> }
> 
> Well that's easy: I was under the impression one must have a excludes file per DLE. I was wrong.
> 
>> I'm no expert on UEFI, but it strikes me as asking for problems to put
>> anything other than UEFI files in /boot/efi. I vaguely recall that that
>> is a FAT file system, in which case the file name may be a problem.
>> 
>> 
>> Also, it's rather hard to diagnose what is likely a permissions issue
>> without knowing what the relevant permissions are.
>> 
>> root@hawk:/etc/amanda/DailySet1# ll excludes.var
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup 138 Mar 26  2018 excludes.var
>> root@hawk:/etc/amanda/DailySet1#
> 
> Yes that's FAT32 and yes the filename is invalid and therefore a problem.
>> -- Does anybody read signatures any more?
> 
> Yes, I just did. :-)
> 
> Thanks! Will try with a general exclude file in a different location.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kees