On Wednesday 30 July 2014 12:44:37 Nathan Stratton Treadway did opine And Gene did reply: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 10:26:11 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Ergo, a string "./lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs" isn't valid because it > > references 2 more subdirs. And I have tried just "./rpc_pipefs", > > which, while it should be valid, did not work. And a simple ./lib > > make it skip about 50 megs worth of stuff that lives in /var/lib, > > not to mention the whole /lib tree. Bad karma that. > > (In the case of this specific directory, I think the problem you are > having is that the mount point is "/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs" and not > "/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs". [Tar's excludes are indeed processed relative > to the top of the DLE in question, but with that there's no > restriction on the number of subdirs in your exclude path...] But all > that is a good example of why excludes are the hard way to solve the > "different filesystem"-message issue....) > > > Now, you mention NORMAL in the amgtar setup, so I have the man page > > on another screen right now. But the man page is not detailed > > enough to provide any hints on how to actually use it. ANY man page > > should at the > > I looked at the amgtar man page for both Precise and Trusty (amanda > 2.6.1 and 3.3.3, respectively), and both include an EXAMPLE section > showing a full example application declaration block. It's down near > the bottom of the document so perhaps you missed it when you were > reading the section for the NORMAL keyword, but I think it does provide > the usage hints you are seeking.... > > > Nathan
>From a 4.0.0alpha-4761 build, the example heading shows how to turn a NORMAL into a STRANGE, but no "NORMAL" example exists in that document. Thanks Nathan. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS
