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EXCLUDESYNC syntax

EXCLUDESYNC $<$path$>$ [-c class[,class]...] [-n node[,node]...]
| Note: This directive is only applicable to diskful nodes.
| path specifies a path that should not be synchronized by the sync-node program. Network filesystems are automatically excluded, but locally mounted disks are not.

This is crucial for diskful nodes mounting other filesystems from any storage that appears to the system as a local device. Any attempt to synchronize the mountpoint would synchronize it with the (probably empty) directory in the master image, possibly deleting some data.

Adding an EXCLUDESYNC directive will exclude any file or directory from being synchronized with the master image.



root 2005-06-19