On Oct 3, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Marc Schiffbauer wrote: > I did not mean the value of the directive but the name of the > directive itself. > > Everywhere in the FileSet in Bacula you use the word "Exclude" when > dealing with files that will not be backed up. So I suggest to > follow this terminology instead of introducing a synonym. > I think this will increase usability. > > So I think > > Exclude Flag File = .no_backup > > would be more intuitive about what it does than > > Ignore Dir = .no_backup > > > Also I think because of using the word 'Dir' many people would expect > this to be a directory which will be ignored and will try something > like this: > > Ignore Dir = /tmp > > will will be nonsense of course ;)
I see what you mean. The directive is: Ignore Dir = <filename> So at a minimum, it should be Ignore Dir File = <filename> But having Dir and File together... no. Taking the example at: http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html # List of files to be backed up FileSet { Name = "MyFileSet" Include { Options { signature = MD5 } File = /home IgnoreDir = .excludeme } } Let's add an exclude option: # List of files to be backed up FileSet { Name = "MyFileSet" Include { Options { signature = MD5 } File = /home Exclude Flag File = .no_backup } Exclude { File = /proc File = /tmp File = /.journal File = /.fsck } } } Discussion commences from here. :) -- Dan Langille http://langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
