This is perhaps a bit overwhelming, so there are a number of examples included
below to illustrate how this works.
+You find yourself using a lot of Regex statements, which will cost quite a lot
+of CPU time, we recommend you simplify them if you can, or better yet
+convert them to Wild statements which are much more efficient.
+
The directives within an Options resource may be one of the following:
\begin{description}
the \ilink{estimate}{estimate} command in the Console
chapter of this manual.
+ You find yourself using a lot of Regex statements, which will cost quite a lot
+ of CPU time, we recommend you simplify them if you can, or better yet
+ convert them to Wild statements which are much more efficient.
+
\item [regexfile=\lt{}string\gt{}]
\index[dir]{regexfile}
\end{verbatim}
\normalsize
- will backup the data in device /dev/hd6.
+ will backup the data in device /dev/hd6. Note, the {bf /dev/hd6} must be
+ the raw partition itself. Bacula will not back it up as a raw device if
+ you specify a symbolic link to a raw device such as my be created by the
+ LVM Snapshot utilities.
Ludovic Strappazon has pointed out that this feature can be used to backup a
full Microsoft Windows disk. Simply boot into the system using a Linux Rescue