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Bacula client-side user exclusion flag

Posted on 2008-04-13 15:00:09, modified on 2008-04-13 15:00:00
Tags: Bacula, Networking

Today I finished my "Bacula client-side user exclusion flag"patch. Let me explain what it is:

Bacula is a backup program.
Client side means the computers which are going to be backed up.
User means that it is not a client-side configuration issue but that the end-user can specify it.
Exclusion flag means a way to tell that it doesn't need to be done.

So in proper english: A way for end-users to exclude certain directories from being backed up. Without the need to hassle the system administrator, or to be able to edit system specific files.

How it works: In your FileSet add the option IgnoreDir:

FileSet {
    Name = "Remote Specified"
    Include {
	Options {
	    signature = MD5
	}
	File = "\\</etc/bacula-include"
	IgnoreDir = .nobackup
    }
    Exclude {
	File = "\\</etc/bacula-exclude"
    }
}

And if my /etc/bacula-include contains:

/usr/local/etc
/etc
/home

I can drop files called .nobackup in directories I don't want to backup:

[~] edwin@>find . -name .nobackup
cvs/ports/.nobackup
temp/.nobackup
tmp/.nobackup
www/cache/.nobackup

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Comments:

From:	[email protected]
URL:	http://nicolinux.org
Posted on:	2009-01-13 05:17:18
Comment	Hi, I like your patch. How's the inclusion process going? I hope it will be available in 2.4.4. Stefan
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