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Re: [Bug-tar] Why does --exclude-cache now exclude directories ?
From: |
Sergey Poznyakoff |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-tar] Why does --exclude-cache now exclude directories ? |
Date: |
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:59:00 +0200 |
Christopher X. Candreva <address@hidden> wrote:
> I believe this change is a mistake for two reasons. First, a web application
> will often need special permissions on it's cache directory.
[...]
> The second problem was brought up on this list back in Aug, when someone
> asked if the CACHEDIR.TAG file itself should be backed up even if the
> contents aren't .
Yes, this is reasonable. On the other hand, however, there are cases
when the directory presense in the archive is not needed at all. The
CACHEDIR.TAG specification itself does not specify whether the directory
itself should or should not be backed up. We could provide a finer
control of what --exclude-caches and --exclude-tag options, for example:
--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
Similarly for --exclude-tag set of options:
--exclude-tag=FILE
--exclude-tag-file=FILE
--exclude-tag-dir=FILE
Opinions?
Regards,
Sergey