Re: [Bug-tar] Why does --exclude-cache now exclude directories ?

[Christopher X. Candreva]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:

> --exclude-caches
>   Excludes the contents of the directory where CACHEDIR.TAG is found,
>   but preserves both the directory itself and CACHEDIR.TAG
>   
> --exclude-caches-file
>   Excludes the contents of the directory where CACHEDIR.TAG, but
>   preserves the directory itself
>   
> --exclude-caches-all
>   Excludes the contents of the directory where CACHEDIR.TAG and the
>   directory itself
>... 
> Opinions?

That would work for me, and hopefully this hasn't bee around long enough for 
the behavior change for the --exclude-caches name to make a big impact on 
existing users.

As long as whatever is picked stays constant from here on in, so I can 
incorporate it into our Amanda set-up. :-)

-Chris

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