4 \chapter{The FileSet Resource}
5 \label{FileSetResource}
6 \index[general]{Resource!FileSet}
7 \index[general]{FileSet Resource}
9 The FileSet resource defines what files are to be included or excluded in a
10 backup job. A {\bf FileSet} resource is required for each backup Job. It
11 consists of a list of files or directories to be included, a list of files
12 or directories to be excluded and the various backup options such as
13 compression, encryption, and signatures that are to be applied to each
16 Any change to the list of the included files will cause Bacula to
17 automatically create a new FileSet (defined by the name and an MD5 checksum
18 of the Include/Exclude contents). Each time a new FileSet is created,
19 Bacula will ensure that the next backup is always a Full save.
25 \index[dir]{Directive!FileSet}
26 Start of the FileSet resource. One {\bf FileSet} resource must be
27 defined for each Backup job.
29 \item [Name = \lt{}name\gt{}]
31 \index[dir]{Directive!Name}
32 The name of the FileSet resource. This directive is required.
34 \item [Ignore FileSet Changes = \lt{}yes|no\gt{}]
35 \index[dir]{Ignore FileSet Changes}
36 \index[dir]{Directive!Ignore FileSet Changes}
37 Normally, if you modify the FileSet Include or Exclude lists,
38 the next backup will be forced to a Full so that Bacula can
39 guarantee that any additions or deletions are properly backed
41 If this directive is set to {\bf yes}, any changes you make to the
42 FileSet Include or Exclude lists will be ignored and not cause Bacula to
43 immediately perform a Full backup. The default is {\bf no}, in which
44 case, if you change the Include or Exclude, Bacula will force a Full
45 backup to ensure that everything is properly backed up. It is not
46 recommended to set this directive to yes.
48 \item [Enable VSS = \lt{}yes|no\gt{}]
49 \index[dir]{Enable VSS}
50 \index[dir]{Directive!Enable VSS}
51 If this directive is set to {\bf yes} the File daemon will be notified
52 that the user wants to use a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backup
53 for this job. The default is {\bf yes}. This directive is effective
54 only for VSS enabled Win32 File daemons. It permits a consistent copy
55 of open files to be made for cooperating writer applications, and for
56 applications that are not VSS away, Bacula can at least copy open files.
57 For more information, please see the
58 \ilink{Windows}{VSS} chapter of this manual.
60 \item [Include \{ Options \{\lt{}file-options\gt{}\} ...;
61 \lt{}file-list\gt{} \} ]
62 \index[dir]{Include \{ [ Options \{\lt{}file-options\gt{}\} ...]
63 \lt{}file-list\gt{} \} }
64 \index[dir]{Directive!Include}
66 \item [Options \{ \lt{}file-options\gt{} \} ]
67 \index[dir]{Options \{ \lt{}file-options\gt{} \} }
69 \item [Exclude \{ \lt{}file-list\gt{} \}]
70 \index[dir]{Exclude \{ \lt{}file-list\gt{} \} }
71 \index[dir]{Directive!Exclude}
75 The Include resource must contain a list of directories and/or files to be
76 processed in the backup job. Normally, all files found in all
77 subdirectories of any directory in the Include File list will be backed up.
78 Note, see below for the definition of \lt{}file-list\gt{}.
79 The Include resource may also contain one or more Options resources that
80 specify options such as compression to be applied to all or any subset of
81 the files found when processing the file-list for backup. Please see
82 below for more details concerning Options resources.
84 There can be any number of {\bf Include} resources within the FileSet, each
85 having its own list of directories or files to be backed up and the backup
86 options defined by one or more Options resources. The {\bf file-list}
87 consists of one file or directory name per line. Directory names should be
88 specified without a trailing slash with Unix path notation.
90 Windows users, please take note to specify directories (even c:/...) in
91 Unix path notation. If you use Windows conventions, you will most likely
92 not be able to restore your files due to the fact that the Windows
93 path separator was defined as an escape character long before Windows
94 existed, and Bacula adheres to that convention (i.e. \\ means the next character
97 You should always specify a full path for every directory and file that you
98 list in the FileSet. In addition, on Windows machines, you should {\bf
99 always} prefix the directory or filename with the drive specification in
100 lower case (e.g. {\bf c:/xxx}) using Unix directory name separators
103 Bacula's default for processing directories is to recursively descend in
104 the directory saving all files and subdirectories. Bacula will not by
105 default cross filesystems (or mount points in Unix parlance). This means
106 that if you specify the root partition (e.g. {\bf /}), Bacula will save
107 only the root partition and not any of the other mounted filesystems.
108 Similarly on Windows systems, you must explicitly specify each of the
109 drives you want saved (e.g.
110 {\bf c:/} and {\bf d:/} ...). In addition, at least for Windows systems, you
111 will most likely want to enclose each specification within double quotes
112 particularly if the directory (or file) name contains spaces. The {\bf df}
113 command on Unix systems will show you which mount points you must specify to
114 save everything. See below for an example.
116 Take special care not to include a directory twice or Bacula will backup
117 the same files two times wasting a lot of space on your archive device.
118 Including a directory twice is very easy to do. For example:
125 Options { compression=GZIP }
130 on a Unix system where /usr is a subdirectory (rather than a mounted
131 filesystem) will cause /usr to be backed up twice. In this case, on Bacula
132 versions prior to 1.32f-5-09Mar04 due to a bug, you will not be able to
133 restore hard linked files that were backed up twice.
135 If you have used Bacula prior to version 1.36.3, you will note three things in
136 the new FileSet syntax:
139 \item There is no equal sign (=) after the Include and before the opening
140 brace (\{). The same is true for the Exclude.
141 \item Each directory (or filename) to be included or excluded is preceded by a {\bf File
142 =}. Previously they were simply listed on separate lines.
143 \item The options that previously appeared on the Include line now must be
144 specified within their own Options resource.
145 \item The Exclude resource does not accept Options.
146 \item When using wild-cards or regular expressions, directory names are
147 always terminated with a slash (/) and filenames have no trailing slash.
150 The Options resource is optional, but when specified, it will contain a
151 list of {\bf keyword=value} options to be applied to the file-list.
152 See below for the definition of file-list.
153 Multiple Options resources may be specified one after another. As the
154 files are found in the specified directories, the Options will applied to
155 the filenames to determine if and how the file should be backed up. The
156 wildcard and regular expression pattern matching parts of the
157 Options resources are checked in the order they are specified in the
158 FileSet until the first one that matches. Once one matches, the
159 compression and other flags within the Options specification will
160 apply to the pattern matched.
162 A key point is that in the absence of an Option or no other Option is
163 matched, every file is accepted for backing up. This means that if
164 you want to exclude something, you must explicitly specify an Option
165 with an {\bf exclude = yes} and some pattern matching.
167 Once Bacula determines that the Options resource matches the file under
168 consideration, that file will be saved without looking at any other Options
169 resources that may be present. This means that any wild cards must appear
170 before an Options resource without wild cards.
172 If for some reason, Bacula checks all the Options resources to a file under
173 consideration for backup, but there are no matches (generally because of wild
174 cards that don't match), Bacula as a default will then backup the file. This
175 is quite logical if you consider the case of no Options clause is specified,
176 where you want everything to be backed up, and it is important to keep in mind
177 when excluding as mentioned above.
179 However, one additional point is that in the case that no match was found,
180 Bacula will use the options found in the last Options resource. As a
181 consequence, if you want a particular set of "default" options, you should put
182 them in an Options resource after any other Options.
184 It is a good idea to put all your wild-card and regex expressions inside
185 double quotes to prevent conf file scanning problems.
187 This is perhaps a bit overwhelming, so there are a number of examples included
188 below to illustrate how this works.
190 The directives within an Options resource may be one of the following:
194 \item [compression=GZIP]
195 \index[dir]{compression}
196 \index[dir]{Directive!compression}
197 All files saved will be software compressed using the GNU ZIP
198 compression format. The compression is done on a file by file basis by
199 the File daemon. If there is a problem reading the tape in a single
200 record of a file, it will at most affect that file and none of the other
201 files on the tape. Normally this option is {\bf not} needed if you have
202 a modern tape drive as the drive will do its own compression. In fact,
203 if you specify software compression at the same time you have hardware
204 compression turned on, your files may actually take more space on the
207 Software compression is very important if you are writing your Volumes
208 to a file, and it can also be helpful if you have a fast computer but a
209 slow network, otherwise it is generally better to rely your tape drive's
210 hardware compression. As noted above, it is not generally a good idea
211 to do both software and hardware compression.
213 Specifying {\bf GZIP} uses the default compression level 6 (i.e. {\bf
214 GZIP} is identical to {\bf GZIP6}). If you want a different compression
215 level (1 through 9), you can specify it by appending the level number
216 with no intervening spaces to {\bf GZIP}. Thus {\bf compression=GZIP1}
217 would give minimum compression but the fastest algorithm, and {\bf
218 compression=GZIP9} would give the highest level of compression, but
219 requires more computation. According to the GZIP documentation,
220 compression levels greater than six generally give very little extra
221 compression and are rather CPU intensive.
223 \item [signature=SHA1]
224 \index[dir]{signature}
226 \index[dir]{Directive!signature}
227 An SHA1 signature will be computed for all The SHA1 algorithm is
228 purported to be some what slower than the MD5 algorithm, but at the same
229 time is significantly better from a cryptographic point of view (i.e.
230 much fewer collisions, much lower probability of being hacked.) It adds
231 four more bytes than the MD5 signature. We strongly recommend that
232 either this option or MD5 be specified as a default for all files.
233 Note, only one of the two options MD5 or SHA1 can be computed for any
236 \item [signature=MD5]
237 \index[dir]{signature}
239 \index[dir]{Directive!signature}
240 An MD5 signature will be computed for all files saved. Adding this
241 option generates about 5\% extra overhead for each file saved. In
242 addition to the additional CPU time, the MD5 signature adds 16 more
243 bytes per file to your catalog. We strongly recommend that this option
244 or the SHA1 option be specified as a default for all files.
246 \item [verify=\lt{}options\gt{}]
248 \index[dir]{Directive!verify}
249 The options letters specified are used when running a {\bf Verify
250 Level=Catalog} as well as the {\bf DiskToCatalog} level job. The options
251 letters may be any combination of the following:
259 compare the permission bits
262 compare the number of links
274 compare the access time
277 compare the modification time (st\_mtime)
280 compare the change time (st\_ctime)
283 report file size decreases
286 compare the MD5 signature
289 compare the SHA1 signature
292 A useful set of general options on the {\bf Level=Catalog} or {\bf
293 Level=DiskToCatalog} verify is {\bf pins5} i.e. compare permission bits,
294 inodes, number of links, size, and MD5 changes.
298 \index[dir]{Directive!onefs}
299 If set to {\bf yes} (the default), {\bf Bacula} will remain on a single
300 file system. That is it will not backup file systems that are mounted
301 on a subdirectory. If you are using a *nix system, you may not even be
302 aware that there are several different filesystems as they are often
303 automatically mounted by the OS (e.g. /dev, /net, /sys, /proc, ...).
304 With Bacula 1.38.0 or later, it will inform you when it decides not to
305 traverse into another filesystem. This can be very useful if you forgot
306 to backup a particular partition. An example of the informational
307 message in the job report is:
311 rufus-fd: /misc is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /misc
312 rufus-fd: /net is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /net
313 rufus-fd: /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs is a different filesystem. Will not descend from /var/lib/nfs into /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
314 rufus-fd: /selinux is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /selinux
315 rufus-fd: /sys is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /sys
316 rufus-fd: /dev is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /dev
317 rufus-fd: /home is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /home
321 Note: in previous versions of Bacula, the above message was of the form:
325 Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /misc
329 If you wish to backup multiple filesystems, you can explicitly
330 list each filesystem you want saved. Otherwise, if you set the onefs option
331 to {\bf no}, Bacula will backup all mounted file systems (i.e. traverse mount
332 points) that are found within the {\bf FileSet}. Thus if you have NFS or
333 Samba file systems mounted on a directory listed in your FileSet, they will
334 also be backed up. Normally, it is preferable to set {\bf onefs=yes} and to
335 explicitly name each filesystem you want backed up. Explicitly naming the
336 filesystems you want backed up avoids the possibility of getting into a
337 infinite loop recursing filesystems. Another possibility is to
338 use {\bf onefs=no} and to set {\bf fstype=ext2, ...}.
339 See the example below for more details.
341 If you think that Bacula should be backing up a particular directory
342 and it is not, and you have {\bf onefs=no} set, before you complain,
352 where you replace {\bf filesystem} with the one in question. If the
353 {\bf Device:} number is different for / and for your filesystem, then they
354 are on different filesystems. E.g.
359 Size: 4096 Blocks: 16 IO Block: 4096 directory
360 Device: 302h/770d Inode: 2 Links: 26
361 Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
362 Access: 2005-11-10 12:28:01.000000000 +0100
363 Modify: 2005-09-27 17:52:32.000000000 +0200
364 Change: 2005-09-27 17:52:32.000000000 +0200
368 Size: 4096 Blocks: 16 IO Block: 4096 directory
369 Device: 308h/776d Inode: 2 Links: 7
370 Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
371 Access: 2005-11-10 12:28:02.000000000 +0100
372 Modify: 2005-11-06 12:36:48.000000000 +0100
373 Change: 2005-11-06 12:36:48.000000000 +0100
377 Also be aware that even if you include {\bf /home} in your list
378 of files to backup, as you most likely should, you will get the
379 informational message that "/home is a different filesystem" when
380 Bacula is processing the {\bf /} directory. This message does not
381 indicate an error. This message means that while examining the
382 {\bf File =} referred to in the second part of the message, Bacula will
383 not descend into the directory mentioned in the first part of the message.
384 However, it is possible that the separate filesystem will be backed up
385 despite the message. For example, consider the following FileSet:
394 where {\bf /var} is a separate filesystem. In this example, you will get a
395 message saying that Bacula will not decend from {\bf /} into {\bf /var}. But
396 it is important to realise that Bacula will descend into {\bf /var} from the
397 second File directive shown above. In effect, the warning is bogus,
398 but it is supplied to alert you to possible omissions from your FileSet. In
399 this example, {\bf /var} will be backed up. If you changed the FileSet such
400 that it did not specify {\bf /var}, then {\bf /var} will not be backed up.
406 \item [portable=yes|no]
407 \index[dir]{portable}
408 \index[dir]{Directive!portable}
409 If set to {\bf yes} (default is {\bf no}), the Bacula File daemon will
410 backup Win32 files in a portable format, but not all Win32 file
411 attributes will be saved and restored. By default, this option is set
412 to {\bf no}, which means that on Win32 systems, the data will be backed
413 up using Windows API calls and on WinNT/2K/XP, all the security and
414 ownership attributes will be properly backed up (and restored). However
415 this format is not portable to other systems -- e.g. Unix, Win95/98/Me.
416 When backing up Unix systems, this option is ignored, and unless you
417 have a specific need to have portable backups, we recommend accept the
418 default ({\bf no}) so that the maximum information concerning your files
421 \item [recurse=yes|no]
423 \index[dir]{Directive!recurse}
424 If set to {\bf yes} (the default), Bacula will recurse (or descend) into
425 all subdirectories found unless the directory is explicitly excluded
426 using an {\bf exclude} definition. If you set {\bf recurse=no}, Bacula
427 will save the subdirectory entries, but not descend into the
428 subdirectories, and thus will not save the files or directories
429 contained in the subdirectories. Normally, you will want the default
432 \item [sparse=yes|no]
434 \index[dir]{Directive!sparse}
435 Enable special code that checks for sparse files such as created by
436 ndbm. The default is {\bf no}, so no checks are made for sparse files.
437 You may specify {\bf sparse=yes} even on files that are not sparse file.
438 No harm will be done, but there will be a small additional overhead to
439 check for buffers of all zero, and a small additional amount of space on
440 the output archive will be used to save the seek address of each
441 non-zero record read.
443 {\bf Restrictions:} Bacula reads files in 32K buffers. If the whole
444 buffer is zero, it will be treated as a sparse block and not written to
445 tape. However, if any part of the buffer is non-zero, the whole buffer
446 will be written to tape, possibly including some disk sectors (generally
447 4098 bytes) that are all zero. As a consequence, Bacula's detection of
448 sparse blocks is in 32K increments rather than the system block size.
449 If anyone considers this to be a real problem, please send in a request
450 for change with the reason.
452 If you are not familiar with sparse files, an example is say a file
453 where you wrote 512 bytes at address zero, then 512 bytes at address 1
454 million. The operating system will allocate only two blocks, and the
455 empty space or hole will have nothing allocated. However, when you read
456 the sparse file and read the addresses where nothing was written, the OS
457 will return all zeros as if the space were allocated, and if you backup
458 such a file, a lot of space will be used to write zeros to the volume.
459 Worse yet, when you restore the file, all the previously empty space
460 will now be allocated using much more disk space. By turning on the
461 {\bf sparse} option, Bacula will specifically look for empty space in
462 the file, and any empty space will not be written to the Volume, nor
463 will it be restored. The price to pay for this is that Bacula must
464 search each block it reads before writing it. On a slow system, this
465 may be important. If you suspect you have sparse files, you should
466 benchmark the difference or set sparse for only those files that are
470 \item [readfifo=yes|no]
471 \index[dir]{readfifo}
472 \index[dir]{Directive!readfifo}
473 If enabled, tells the Client to read the data on a backup and write the
474 data on a restore to any FIFO (pipe) that is explicitly mentioned in the
475 FileSet. In this case, you must have a program already running that
476 writes into the FIFO for a backup or reads from the FIFO on a restore.
477 This can be accomplished with the {\bf RunBeforeJob} directive. If this
478 is not the case, Bacula will hang indefinitely on reading/writing the
479 FIFO. When this is not enabled (default), the Client simply saves the
480 directory entry for the FIFO.
482 Unfortunately, when Bacula runs a RunBeforeJob, it waits until that
483 script terminates, and if the script accesses the FIFO to write
484 into the it, the Bacula job will block and everything will stall.
485 However, Vladimir Stavrinov as supplied tip that allows this feature
486 to work correctly. He simply adds the following to the beginning
487 of the RunBeforeJob script:
493 \item [noatime=yes|no]
495 \index[dir]{Directive!noatime}
496 If enabled, and if your Operating System supports the O\_NOATIME file
497 open flag, Bacula will open all files to be backed up with this option.
498 It makes it possible to read a file without updating the inode atime
499 (and also without the inode ctime update which happens if you try to set
500 the atime back to its previous value). It also prevents a race
501 condition when two programs are reading the same file, but only one does
502 not want to change the atime. It's most useful for backup programs and
503 file integrity checkers (and bacula can fit on both categories).
505 This option is particularly useful for sites where users are sensitive
506 to their MailBox file access time. It replaces both the {\bf keepatime}
507 option without the inconveniences of that option (see below).
509 If your Operating System does not support this option, it will be
510 silently ignored by Bacula.
513 \item [mtimeonly=yes|no]
514 \index[dir]{mtimeonly}
515 \index[dir]{Directive!mtimeonly}
516 If enabled, tells the Client that the selection of files during
517 Incremental and Differential backups should based only on the st\_mtime
518 value in the stat() packet. The default is {\bf no} which means that
519 the selection of files to be backed up will be based on both the
520 st\_mtime and the st\_ctime values. In general, it is not recommended
523 \item [keepatime=yes|no]
524 \index[dir]{keepatime}
525 \index[dir]{Directive!keepatime}
526 The default is {\bf no}. When enabled, Bacula will reset the st\_atime
527 (access time) field of files that it backs up to their value prior to
528 the backup. This option is not generally recommended as there are very
529 few programs that use st\_atime, and the backup overhead is increased
530 because of the additional system call necessary to reset the times.
531 However, for some files, such as mailboxes, when Bacula backs up the
532 file, the user will notice that someone (Bacula) has accessed the
533 file. In this, case keepatime can be useful.
534 (I'm not sure this works on Win32).
536 Note, if you use this feature, when Bacula resets the access time, the
537 change time (st\_ctime) will automatically be modified by the system,
538 so on the next incremental job, the file will be backed up even if
539 it has not changed. As a consequence, you will probably also want
540 to use {\bf mtimeonly = yes} as well as keepatime (thanks to
541 Rudolf Cejka for this tip).
543 \item [hardlinks=yes|no]
544 \index[dir]{hardlinks}
545 \index[dir]{Directive!hardlinks}
546 When enabled (default), this directive will cause hard links to be
547 backed up. However, the File daemon keeps track of hard linked files and
548 will backup the data only once. The process of keeping track of the
549 hard links can be quite expensive if you have lots of them (tens of
550 thousands or more). This doesn't occur on normal Unix systems, but if
551 you use a program like BackupPC, it can create hundreds of thousands, or
552 even millions of hard links. Backups become very long and the File daemon
553 will consume a lot of CPU power checking hard links. In such a case,
554 set {\bf hardlinks=no} and hard links will not be backed up. Note, using
555 this option will most likely backup more data and on a restore the file
556 system will not be restored identically to the original.
558 \item [wild=\lt{}string\gt{}]
560 \index[dir]{Directive!wild}
561 Specifies a wild-card string to be applied to the filenames and
562 directory names. Note, if {\bf Exclude} is not enabled, the wild-card
563 will select which files are to be included. If {\bf Exclude=yes} is
564 specified, the wild-card will select which files are to be excluded.
565 Multiple wild-card directives may be specified, and they will be applied
566 in turn until the first one that matches. Note, if you exclude a
567 directory, no files or directories below it will be matched.
569 You may want to test your expressions prior to running your
570 backup by using the bwild program. Please see the
571 \ilink{UtilitiesChapter}{Utilities} chapter of this manual for
572 more. You can also test your full FileSet definition by using
573 the \ilink{estimate command}{estimate} command in the Console
574 chapter of this manual.
575 It is recommended to enclose the string in double quotes.
577 \item [wilddir=\lt{}string\gt{}]
579 \index[dir]{Directive!wilddir}
580 Specifies a wild-card string to be applied to directory names only. No
581 filenames will be matched by this directive. Note, if {\bf Exclude} is
582 not enabled, the wild-card will select directories files are to be
583 included. If {\bf Exclude=yes} is specified, the wild-card will select
584 which files are to be excluded. Multiple wild-card directives may be
585 specified, and they will be applied in turn until the first one that
586 matches. Note, if you exclude a directory, no files or directories
587 below it will be matched.
589 It is recommended to enclose the string in double quotes.
591 You may want to test your expressions prior to running your
592 backup by using the bwild program. Please see the
593 \ilink{UtilitiesChapter}{Utilities} chapter of this manual for
594 more. You can also test your full FileSet definition by using
595 the \ilink{estimate command}{estimate} command in the Console
596 chapter of this manual.
597 An example of excluding with the WildDir option on Win32 machines is
600 \item [wildfile=\lt{}string\gt{}]
601 \index[dir]{wildfile}
602 \index[dir]{Directive!wildfile}
603 Specifies a wild-card string to be applied to non-directories. That
604 is no directory entries will be matched by this directive.
605 However, note that the match is done against the full path and filename,
606 so your wild-card string must take into account that filenames
607 are preceded by the full path.
609 is not enabled, the wild-card will select which files are to be
610 included. If {\bf Exclude=yes} is specified, the wild-card will select
611 which files are to be excluded. Multiple wild-card directives may be
612 specified, and they will be applied in turn until the first one that
615 It is recommended to enclose the string in double quotes.
617 You may want to test your expressions prior to running your
618 backup by using the bwild program. Please see the
619 \ilink{UtilitiesChapter}{Utilities} chapter of this manual for
620 more. You can also test your full FileSet definition by using
621 the \ilink{estimate command}{estimate} command in the Console
622 chapter of this manual.
623 An example of excluding with the WildFile option on Win32 machines is
627 \item [regex=\lt{}string\gt{}]
629 \index[dir]{Directive!regex}
630 Specifies a POSIX extended regular expression to be applied to the
631 filenames and directory names, which include the full path. If {\bf
632 Exclude} is not enabled, the regex will select which files are to be
633 included. If {\bf Exclude=yes} is specified, the regex will select
634 which files are to be excluded. Multiple regex directives may be
635 specified within an Options resource, and they will be applied in turn
636 until the first one that matches. Note, if you exclude a directory, no
637 files or directories below it will be matched.
639 It is recommended to enclose the string in double quotes.
641 The regex libraries differ from one operating system to
642 another, and in addition, regular expressions are complicated,
643 so you may want to test your expressions prior to running your
644 backup by using the bregex program. Please see the
645 \ilink{UtilitiesChapter}{Utilities} chapter of this manual for
646 more. You can also test your full FileSet definition by using
647 the \ilink{estimate command}{estimate} command in the Console
648 chapter of this manual.
651 \item [regexfile=\lt{}string\gt{}]
652 \index[dir]{regexfile}
653 \index[dir]{Directive!regexfile}
654 Specifies a POSIX extended regular expression to be applied to
655 non-directories. No directories will be matched by this directive.
656 However, note that the match is done against the full path and
657 filename, so your regex string must take into account that filenames
658 are preceded by the full path.
659 If {\bf Exclude} is not enabled, the regex will select which files are
660 to be included. If {\bf Exclude=yes} is specified, the regex will
661 select which files are to be excluded. Multiple regex directives may be
662 specified, and they will be applied in turn until the first one that
665 It is recommended to enclose the string in double quotes.
667 The regex libraries differ from one operating system to
668 another, and in addition, regular expressions are complicated,
669 so you may want to test your expressions prior to running your
670 backup by using the bregex program. Please see the
671 \ilink{UtilitiesChapter}{Utilities} chapter of this manual for
675 \item [regexdir=\lt{}string\gt{}]
676 \index[dir]{regexdir}
677 \index[dir]{Directive!regexdir}
678 Specifies a POSIX extended regular expression to be applied to directory
679 names only. No filenames will be matched by this directive. Note, if
680 {\bf Exclude} is not enabled, the regex will select directories
681 files are to be included. If {\bf Exclude=yes} is specified, the
682 regex will select which files are to be excluded. Multiple
683 regex directives may be specified, and they will be applied in turn
684 until the first one that matches. Note, if you exclude a directory, no
685 files or directories below it will be matched.
687 It is recommended to enclose the string in double quotes.
689 The regex libraries differ from one operating system to
690 another, and in addition, regular expressions are complicated,
691 so you may want to test your expressions prior to running your
692 backup by using the bregex program. Please see the
693 \ilink{UtilitiesChapter}{Utilities} chapter of this manual for
697 \item [exclude=yes|no]
699 \index[dir]{Directive!exclude}
700 The default is {\bf no}. When enabled, any files matched within the
701 Options will be excluded from the backup.
705 \item [aclsupport=yes|no]
706 \index[dir]{aclsupport}
707 \index[dir]{Directive!aclsupport}
708 The default is {\bf no}. If this option is set to yes, and you have the
709 POSIX {\bf libacl} installed on your system, Bacula will backup the file
710 and directory UNIX Access Control Lists (ACL) as defined in IEEE Std
711 1003.1e draft 17 and "POSIX.1e" (abandoned). This feature is
712 available on UNIX only and depends on the ACL library. Bacula is
713 automatically compiled with ACL support if the {\bf libacl} library is
714 installed on your system (shown in config.out). While restoring the
715 files Bacula will try to restore the ACLs, if there is no ACL support
716 available on the system, Bacula restores the files and directories but
717 not the ACL information. Please note, if you backup an EXT3 or XFS
718 filesystem with ACLs, then you restore them to a different filesystem
719 (perhaps reiserfs) that does not have ACLs, the ACLs will be ignored.
721 \item [ignore case=yes|no]
722 \index[dir]{ignore case}
723 \index[dir]{Directive!ignore case}
724 The default is {\bf no}. On Windows systems, you will almost surely
725 want to set this to {\bf yes}. When this directive is set to {\bf yes}
726 all the case of character will be ignored in wild-card and regex
727 comparisons. That is an uppercase A will match a lowercase a.
729 \item [fstype=filesystem-type]
731 \index[dir]{Directive!fstype}
732 This option allows you to select files and directories by the
733 filesystem type. The permitted filesystem-type names are:
735 ext2, jfs, ntfs, proc, reiserfs, xfs, usbdevfs, sysfs, smbfs,
736 iso9660. For ext3 systems, use ext2.
738 You may have multiple Fstype directives, and thus permit matching
739 of multiple filesystem types within a single Options resource. If
740 the type specified on the fstype directive does not match the
741 filesystem for a particular directive, that directory will not be
742 backed up. This directive can be used to prevent backing up
743 non-local filesystems. Normally, when you use this directive, you
744 would also set {\bf onefs=no} so that Bacula will traverse filesystems.
746 This option is not implemented in Win32 systems.
749 \item [hfsplussupport=yes|no]
750 \index[dir]{hfsplussupport}
751 \index[dir]{Directive!hfsplussupport}
752 This option allows you to turn on support for Mac OSX HFS plus
757 {\bf \lt{}file-list\gt{}} is a list of directory and/or filename names
758 specified with a {\bf File =} directive. To include names containing spaces,
759 enclose the name between double-quotes. Wild-cards are not interpreted
760 in file-lists. They can only be specified in Options resources.
762 There are a number of special cases when specifying directories and files in a
763 {\bf file-list}. They are:
766 \item Any name preceded by an at-sign (@) is assumed to be the name of a
767 file, which contains a list of files each preceded by a "File =". The
768 named file is read once when the configuration file is parsed during the
769 Director startup. Note, that the file is read on the Director's machine
770 and not on the Client's. In fact, the @filename can appear anywhere
771 within the conf file where a token would be read, and the contents of
772 the named file will be logically inserted in the place of the @filename.
773 What must be in the file depends on the location the @filename is
774 specified in the conf file. For example:
779 Options { compression=GZIP }
780 @/home/files/my-files
785 \item Any name beginning with a vertical bar (|) is assumed to be the name of
786 a program. This program will be executed on the Director's machine at
787 the time the Job starts (not when the Director reads the configuration
788 file), and any output from that program will be assumed to be a list of
789 files or directories, one per line, to be included.
791 This allows you to have a job that, for example, includes all the local
792 partitions even if you change the partitioning by adding a disk. The
793 examples below show you how to do this. However, please note two
795 1. if you want the local filesystems, you probably should be
796 using the new {\bf fstype} directive, which was added in version 1.36.3
797 and set {\bf onefs=no}.
800 2. the exact syntax of the command needed in the examples below is very
801 system dependent. For example, on recent Linux systems, you may need to
802 add the -P option, on FreeBSD systems, the options will be different as
805 In general, you will need to prefix your command or commands with a {\bf
806 sh -c} so that they are invoked by a shell. This will not be the case
807 if you are invoking a script as in the second example below. Also, you
808 must take care to escape (precede with a \textbackslash{}) wild-cards,
809 shell character, and to ensure that any spaces in your command are
810 escaped as well. If you use a single quotes (') within a double quote
811 ("), Bacula will treat everything between the single quotes as one field
812 so it will not be necessary to escape the spaces. In general, getting
813 all the quotes and escapes correct is a real pain as you can see by the
814 next example. As a consequence, it is often easier to put everything in
815 a file and simply use the file name within Bacula. In that case the
816 {\bf sh -c} will not be necessary providing the first line of the file
825 Options { signature = SHA1 }
826 File = "|sh -c 'df -l | grep \"^/dev/hd[ab]\" | grep -v \".*/tmp\" \
827 | awk \"{print \\$6}\"'"
832 will produce a list of all the local partitions on a Red Hat Linux system.
833 Note, the above line was split, but should normally be written on one line.
834 Quoting is a real problem because you must quote for Bacula which consists of
835 preceding every \textbackslash{} and every " with a \textbackslash{}, and
836 you must also quote for the shell command. In the end, it is probably easier
837 just to execute a small file with:
846 File = "|my_partitions"
851 where my\_partitions has:
856 df -l | grep "^/dev/hd[ab]" | grep -v ".*/tmp" \
861 If the vertical bar (|) in front of my\_partitions is preceded by a
862 backslash as in \textbackslash{}|, the program will be executed on the
863 Client's machine instead of on the Director's machine.
864 Please note that if the filename is given within quotes, you
865 will need to use two slashes. An example, provided by John Donagher,
866 that backs up all the local UFS partitions on a remote system is:
871 Name = "All local partitions"
873 Options { signature=SHA1; onefs=yes; }
874 File = "\\|bash -c \"df -klF ufs | tail +2 | awk '{print \$6}'\""
880 The above requires two backslash characters after the double quote (one
881 preserves the next one). If you are a Linux user, just change the {\bf ufs}
882 to {\bf ext3} (or your preferred filesystem type), and you will be in
885 If you know what filesystems you have mounted on your system, e.g.
886 for Red Hat Linux normally only ext2 and ext3, you can backup
887 all local filesystems using something like:
893 Options { signature = SHA1; onfs=no; fstype=ext2 }
900 \item Any file-list item preceded by a less-than sign (\lt{}) will be taken
901 to be a file. This file will be read on the Director's machine at the time
902 the Job starts, and the data will be assumed to be a list of directories or
903 files, one per line, to be included. The names should start in column 1 and
904 should not be quoted even if they contain spaces. This feature allows you to
905 modify the external file and change what will be saved without stopping and
906 restarting Bacula as would be necessary if using the @ modifier noted above.
912 Options { signature = SHA1 }
913 File = "</home/files/local-filelist"
918 If you precede the less-than sign (\lt{}) with a backslash as in
919 \textbackslash{}\lt{}, the file-list will be read on the Client machine
920 instead of on the Director's machine. Please note that if the filename
921 is given within quotes, you will need to use two slashes.
926 Options { signature = SHA1 }
927 File = "\\</home/xxx/filelist-on-client"
932 \item If you explicitly specify a block device such as {\bf /dev/hda1}, then
933 Bacula (starting with version 1.28) will assume that this is a raw partition
934 to be backed up. In this case, you are strongly urged to specify a {\bf
935 sparse=yes} include option, otherwise, you will save the whole partition
936 rather than just the actual data that the partition contains. For example:
941 Options { signature=MD5; sparse=yes }
947 will backup the data in device /dev/hd6.
949 Ludovic Strappazon has pointed out that this feature can be used to backup a
950 full Microsoft Windows disk. Simply boot into the system using a Linux Rescue
951 disk, then load a statically linked Bacula as described in the
952 \ilink{ Disaster Recovery Using Bacula}{RescueChapter} chapter of
953 this manual. Then save the whole disk partition. In the case of a disaster,
954 you can then restore the desired partition by again booting with the rescue
955 disk and doing a restore of the partition.
956 \item If you explicitly specify a FIFO device name (created with mkfifo), and
957 you add the option {\bf readfifo=yes} as an option, Bacula will read the FIFO
958 and back its data up to the Volume. For example:
967 File = /home/abc/fifo
972 if {\bf /home/abc/fifo} is a fifo device, Bacula will open the fifo,
973 read it, and store all data thus obtained on the Volume. Please note,
974 you must have a process on the system that is writing into the fifo, or
975 Bacula will hang, and after one minute of waiting, Bacula will give up
976 and go on to the next file. The data read can be anything since Bacula
977 treats it as a stream.
979 This feature can be an excellent way to do a "hot" backup of a very
980 large database. You can use the {\bf RunBeforeJob} to create the fifo
981 and to start a program that dynamically reads your database and writes
982 it to the fifo. Bacula will then write it to the Volume. Be sure to
983 read the \ilink{readfifo section}{readfifo} that gives a
984 tip to ensure that the RunBeforeJob does not block Bacula.
986 During the restore operation, the inverse is true, after Bacula creates
987 the fifo if there was any data stored with it (no need to explicitly
988 list it or add any options), that data will be written back to the fifo.
989 As a consequence, if any such FIFOs exist in the fileset to be restored,
990 you must ensure that there is a reader program or Bacula will block, and
991 after one minute, Bacula will time out the write to the fifo and move on
994 \item A file-list may not contain wild-cards. Use directives in the
995 Options resource if you wish to specify wild-cards or regular expression
999 \section{FileSet Examples}
1000 \index[general]{Examples!FileSet }
1001 \index[general]{FileSet Examples}
1003 The following is an example of a valid FileSet resource definition. Note,
1004 the first Include pulls in the contents of the file {\bf /etc/backup.list}
1005 when Bacula is started (i.e. the @), and that file must have each filename
1006 to be backed up preceded by a {\bf File =} and on a separate line.
1027 File = /usr/lib/another_file
1033 In the above example, all the files contained in /etc/backup.list will
1034 be compressed with GZIP compression, an SHA1 signature will be computed on the
1035 file's contents (its data), and sparse file handling will apply.
1037 The two directories /root/myfile and /usr/lib/another\_file will also be saved
1038 without any options, but all files in those directories with the extensions
1039 {\bf .o} and {\bf .exe} will be excluded.
1041 Let's say that you now want to exclude the directory /tmp. The simplest way
1042 to do so is to add an exclude directive that lists /tmp. The example
1043 above would then become:
1064 File = /usr/lib/another_file
1074 You can add wild-cards to the File directives listed in the Exclude
1075 directory, but you need to take care because if you exclude a directory,
1076 it and all files and directories below it will also be excluded.
1078 Now lets take a slight variation on the above and suppose
1079 you want to save all your whole filesystem except {\bf /tmp}.
1080 The problem that comes up is that Bacula will not normally
1081 cross from one filesystem to another.
1082 Doing a {\bf df} command, you get the following output:
1087 Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
1088 /dev/hda5 5044156 439232 4348692 10% /
1089 /dev/hda1 62193 4935 54047 9% /boot
1090 /dev/hda9 20161172 5524660 13612372 29% /home
1091 /dev/hda2 62217 6843 52161 12% /rescue
1092 /dev/hda8 5044156 42548 4745376 1% /tmp
1093 /dev/hda6 5044156 2613132 2174792 55% /usr
1094 none 127708 0 127708 0% /dev/shm
1095 //minimatou/c$ 14099200 9895424 4203776 71% /mnt/mmatou
1096 lmatou:/ 1554264 215884 1258056 15% /mnt/matou
1097 lmatou:/home 2478140 1589952 760072 68% /mnt/matou/home
1098 lmatou:/usr 1981000 1199960 678628 64% /mnt/matou/usr
1099 lpmatou:/ 995116 484112 459596 52% /mnt/pmatou
1100 lpmatou:/home 19222656 2787880 15458228 16% /mnt/pmatou/home
1101 lpmatou:/usr 2478140 2038764 311260 87% /mnt/pmatou/usr
1102 deuter:/ 4806936 97684 4465064 3% /mnt/deuter
1103 deuter:/home 4806904 280100 4282620 7% /mnt/deuter/home
1104 deuter:/files 44133352 27652876 14238608 67% /mnt/deuter/files
1108 And we see that there are a number of separate filesystems (/ /boot
1109 /home /rescue /tmp and /usr not to mention mounted systems).
1110 If you specify only {\bf /} in your Include list, Bacula will only save the
1111 Filesystem {\bf /dev/hda5}. To save all filesystems except {\bf /tmp} with
1112 out including any of the Samba or NFS mounted systems, and explicitly
1113 excluding a /tmp, /proc, .journal, and .autofsck, which you will not want to
1114 be saved and restored, you can use the following:
1119 Name = Include_example
1124 wildfile = "/.journal"
1125 wildfile = "/.autofsck"
1138 Since /tmp is on its own filesystem and it was not explicitly named in the
1139 Include list, it is not really needed in the exclude list. It is better to
1140 list it in the Exclude list for clarity, and in case the disks are changed so
1141 that it is no longer in its own partition.
1143 Now, lets assume you only want to backup .Z and .gz files and nothing
1144 else. This is a bit trickier because Bacula by default will select
1145 everything to backup, so we must exclude everything but .Z and .gz files.
1146 If we take the first example above and make the obvious modifications
1147 to it, we might come up with a FileSet that looks like this:
1153 Include { !!!!!!!!!!!!
1155 wildfile = "*.Z" example
1156 wildfile = "*.gz" doesn't
1165 The *.Z and *.gz files will indeed be backed up, but all other files
1166 that are not matched by the Options directives will automatically
1167 be backed up too (i.e. that is the default rule).
1169 To accomplish what we want, we must explicitly exclude all other files.
1170 We do this with the following:
1191 The "trick" here was to add a RegexFile expression that matches
1192 all files. It does not match directory names, so all directories in
1193 /myfile will be backed up (the directory entry) and any *.Z and *.gz
1194 files contained in them. If you know that certain directories do
1195 not contain any *.Z or *.gz files and you do not want the directory
1196 entries backed up, you will need to explicitly exclude those directories.
1197 Backing up a directory entries is not very expensive.
1199 Bacula uses the system regex library and some of them are
1200 different on different OSes. The above has been reported not to work
1201 on FreeBSD. This can be tested by using the {\bf estimate job=job-name
1202 listing} command in the console and adapting the RegexFile expression
1203 appropriately. In a future version of Bacula, we will supply our own
1204 Regex code to avoid such system dependencies.
1206 Please be aware that allowing Bacula to traverse or change file systems can be
1207 {\bf very} dangerous. For example, with the following:
1212 Name = "Bad example"
1214 Options { onefs=no }
1221 you will be backing up an NFS mounted partition ({\bf /mnt/matou}), and since
1222 {\bf onefs} is set to {\bf no}, Bacula will traverse file systems. Now if {\bf
1223 /mnt/matou} has the current machine's file systems mounted, as is often the
1224 case, you will get yourself into a recursive loop and the backup will never
1227 As a final example, let's say that you have only one or two
1228 subdirectories of /home that you want to backup. For example,
1229 you want to backup only subdirectories beginning with the letter
1230 a and the letter b -- i.e. /home/a* and /home/b*. Now, you might first
1238 wilddir = "/home/a*"
1239 wilddir = "/home/b*"
1247 The problem is that the above will include everything in /home. To get
1248 things to work correctly, you need to start with the idea of exclusion
1249 instead of inclusion. So, you could simply exclude all directories
1250 except the two you want to use:
1257 RegexDir = "^/home/[c-z]"
1266 And assuming that all subdirectories start with a lowercase letter, this
1269 An alternative would be to include the two subdirectories desired and
1270 exclude everything else:
1277 wilddir = "/home/a*"
1278 wilddir = "/home/b*"
1290 \section{Backing up Raw Partitions}
1291 \index[general]{Backing up!Partitions }
1292 \index[general]{Backing up Raw Partitions }
1294 The following FileSet definition will backup a raw partition:
1299 Name = "RawPartition"
1301 Options { sparse=yes }
1308 While backing up and restoring a raw partition, you should ensure that no
1309 other process including the system is writing to that partition. As a
1310 precaution, you are strongly urged to ensure that the raw partition is not
1311 mounted or is mounted read-only. If necessary, this can be done using the {\bf
1312 RunBeforeJob} directive.
1315 \section{Excluding Files and Directories}
1316 \index[general]{Directories!Excluding Files and }
1317 \index[general]{Excluding Files and Directories }
1319 You may also include full filenames or directory names in addition to using
1320 wild-cards and {\bf Exclude=yes} in the Options resource as specified above by
1321 simply including the files to be excluded in an Exclude resource within the
1322 FileSet. For example:
1327 Name = Exclusion_example
1349 \section{Windows FileSets}
1350 \index[general]{Windows FileSets }
1351 \index[general]{FileSets!Windows }
1352 If you are entering Windows file names, the directory path may be preceded by
1353 the drive and a colon (as in c:). However, the path separators must be
1354 specified in Unix convention (i.e. forward slash (/)). If you wish to include
1355 a quote in a file name, precede the quote with a backslash
1356 (\textbackslash{}). For example you might use the following
1357 for a Windows machine to backup the "My Documents" directory:
1362 Name = "Windows Set"
1369 File = "c:/My Documents"
1375 For exclude lists to work correctly on Windows, you must observe the following
1379 \item Filenames are case sensitive, so you must use the correct case.
1380 \item To 2~exclude a directory, you must not have a trailing slash on the
1382 \item I2~f you have spaces in your filename, you must enclose the entire name
1383 in double-quote characters ("). Trying to use a backslash before the space
1385 \item If you are using the old Exclude syntax (noted below), you may not
1386 specify a drive letter in the exclude. The new syntax noted above
1387 should work fine including driver letters.
1390 Thanks to Thiago Lima for summarizing the above items for us. If you are
1391 having difficulties getting includes or excludes to work, you might want to
1392 try using the {\bf estimate job=xxx listing} command documented in the
1393 \ilink{Console chapter}{estimate} of this manual.
1395 On Win32 systems, if you move a directory or file or rename a file into the
1396 set of files being backed up, and a Full backup has already been made, Bacula
1397 will not know there are new files to be saved during an Incremental or
1398 Differential backup (blame Microsoft, not me). To avoid this problem, please
1399 {\bf copy} any new directory or files into the backup area. If you do not have
1400 enough disk to copy the directory or files, move them, but then initiate a
1404 \paragraph*{A Windows Example FileSet}
1405 \index[general]{FileSet!Windows Example }
1406 \index[general]{Windows Example FileSet }
1408 The following example was contributed by Russell Howe. Please note that
1409 for presentation purposes, the lines beginning with Data and Internet
1410 have been wrapped and should included on the previous line with one
1415 This is my Windows 2000 fileset:
1417 Name = "Windows 2000"
1423 # Exclude Mozilla-based programs' file caches
1424 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/Application
1425 Data/*/Profiles/*/*/Cache"
1426 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/Application
1427 Data/*/Profiles/*/*/Cache.Trash"
1428 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/Application
1429 Data/*/Profiles/*/*/ImapMail"
1431 # Exclude user's registry files - they're always in use anyway.
1432 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Application
1433 Data/Microsoft/Windows/usrclass.*"
1434 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/ntuser.*"
1436 # Exclude directories full of lots and lots of useless little files
1437 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/Cookies"
1438 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/Recent"
1439 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/History"
1440 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Temp"
1441 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings/Temporary
1444 # These are always open and unable to be backed up
1445 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application
1446 Data/Microsoft/Network/Downloader/qmgr[01].dat"
1448 # Some random bits of Windows we want to ignore
1449 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/security/logs/scepol.log"
1450 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/config"
1451 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/msdownld.tmp"
1452 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/Internet Logs"
1453 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/$Nt*Uninstall*"
1454 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/sysvol"
1455 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/cluster/CLUSDB"
1456 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/cluster/CLUSDB.LOG"
1457 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/NTDS/edb.log"
1458 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/NTDS/ntds.dit"
1459 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/NTDS/temp.edb"
1460 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/ntfrs/jet/log/edb.log"
1461 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/ntfrs/jet/ntfrs.jdb"
1462 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/ntfrs/jet/temp/tmp.edb"
1463 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/CPL.CFG"
1464 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/dhcp/dhcp.mdb"
1465 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/dhcp/j50.log"
1466 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/dhcp/tmp.edb"
1467 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/LServer/edb.log"
1468 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/LServer/TLSLic.edb"
1469 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/LServer/tmp.edb"
1470 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/wins/j50.log"
1471 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/wins/wins.mdb"
1472 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/wins/winstmp.mdb"
1474 # Temporary directories & files
1475 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/WINNT/Temp"
1476 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/temp"
1478 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/tmp"
1479 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/var/tmp"
1482 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/RECYCLER"
1485 WildFile = "[A-Z]:/pagefile.sys"
1487 # These are programs and are easier to reinstall than restore from
1489 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/cygwin"
1490 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Program Files/Grisoft"
1491 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Program Files/Java"
1492 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Program Files/Java Web Start"
1493 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Program Files/JavaSoft"
1494 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Program Files/Microsoft Office"
1495 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox"
1496 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Program Files/Mozilla Thunderbird"
1497 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Program Files/mozilla.org"
1498 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/Program Files/OpenOffice*"
1501 # Our Win2k boxen all have C: and D: as the main hard drives.
1509 Note, the three line of the above Exclude were split to fit on the document
1510 page, they should be written on a single line in real use.
1512 \paragraph*{Windows NTFS Naming Considerations}
1513 \index[general]{Windows NTFS Naming Considerations }
1514 \index[general]{Considerations!Windows NTFS Naming }
1516 NTFS filenames containing Unicode characters should now be supported
1517 as of version 1.37.30 or later.
1519 \section{Testing Your FileSet}
1520 \index[general]{FileSet!Testing Your }
1521 \index[general]{Testing Your FileSet }
1523 If you wish to get an idea of what your FileSet will really backup or if your
1524 exclusion rules will work correctly, you can test it by using the {\bf
1525 estimate} command in the Console program. See the
1526 \ilink{estimate command}{estimate} in the Console chapter of this
1529 As an example, suppose you add the following test FileSet:
1536 File = /home/xxx/test
1545 You could then add some test files to the directory {\bf /home/xxx/test}
1546 and use the following command in the console:
1550 estimate job=<any-job-name> listing client=<desired-client> fileset=Test
1554 to give you a listing of all files that match.