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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] bind/loop-mounted and cdrom filesystems, cache

Subject: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] bind/loop-mounted and cdrom filesystems, cache usage.
From: dean gaudet
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:12:49 -0800 PST
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Oliver Hookins wrote:

> Unfortunately we're on Linux. At the moment we're generating the exclude
> list by hand with a small script but this "exclude-mount-type" option sounds
> like exactly what we want. It definitely can't be done on Linux?

why not parse /proc/mounts yourself to generate the exclude list?  (mind 
you it's next to impossible to get all the bind info from /proc/mounts 
anyhow.)

also why isn't --exclude-other-filesystems working?  is it because you've 
got some portion of a filesystem mounted back over itself?

-dean


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