Version 1.30.1
Released: 2007-06-20
New backup option not available on all OSs fixed
I've added a new directadmin.conf option:
extra_backup_option=
which is blank by default (and non-existent in the directadmin.conf).
If you want to add extra options to the tar command during the backup process, you can add it in your directadmin.conf, eg:
extra_backup_option=--ignore-failed-read
Which is inserted:
tar czfp file.tar.gz <HERE> -C /path files ...
This basically swapped this change for a variable:
added --ignore-failed-read to tar command during backup creation
Other reported options:
extra_backup_option=--warning=no-file-removed --warning=no-file-changed
DA 1.47.1+ can exclude full paths:
User ability to skip paths from their tar.gz backup files
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=281
SYNTAX
The assembled directadmin.conf variables for User backups will look like this with <option> in angle brackets.
We'll assume User 'fred' and /home/admin/admin_backups for the path.
Default: tar+gzip
<backup_nice_string> /bin/tar czfp /home/admin/admin_backups/user/user.admin.fred.tar.gz <extra_backup_option> <--exclude-from=...> -C /home/admin/admin_backups backup non_readable_files -C /home/fred domains imap
tar+pigz
<backup_nice_string> /bin/tar cfp - <extra_backup_option> <--exclude-from=...> -C /home/admin/admin_backups backup non_readable_files -C /home/fred domains imap | /usr/local/bin/pigz --fast -p <pigz> > /home/admin/admin_backups/user/user.admin.fred.tar.gz
tar
<backup_nice_string> /bin/tar cfp /home/admin/admin_backups/user/user.admin.fred.tar.gz <extra_backup_option> <--exclude-from=...> -C /home/admin/admin_backups backup non_readable_files -C /home/fred domains imap