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nadir

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## the snapshot exludes file

Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:44 pm

Here:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 26#p452094
i said:

> snapshot_excludes="-usr-lib-refractasnapshot-snapshot_exclude.list"
> mainly the latter ( a bit too much excludes for my taste)

and fsmithred asked:

> Yes, the installer now has a config file, as of version 9.0.5-something, and the excludes file keeps growing. (Nadir, if you have a better idea, let's talk about it.)

Thing is: i really got no better idea. I didn't express what i wanted to.
What i meant is:
It makes sense to look at the excludes file.
At the same time for me some things are not that obvious:
It took me a while to figure out that the exclude of .xchat made the user and network i added to be gone in the live-CD, and also that excluding /var/log will exclude tor and privoxy in log, hence they won't work anymore.
To make it short:
a) looking at it is good and
b) for me it is always a bit of try and error
(i also add and remove apps all the time ... )
K, this time really short:
For common usage the excludes file is probably (very) good the way it is.
But i got another idea:
Perhaps a short how-to for installing and using the installer and snapshot (perhaps taskfer too), or at least copying the (very detailed) comments to the how-to-section?
Might be more easy to simply link to a place where it is explained (i always get it done, but fail to give detailed instructions ...).
Let's hope this time i got it right. Else just ask.
I, like many others, still remember the days when using live-helper manually was a pain in the butt. Usage of refractasnapshot makes it a piece of cake (for all one could think of)
fsmithred

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## Re: the snapshot exludes file

Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:45 pm

I did some reorganizing in the excludes file and made some changes in the comments, but it needs more. More information could be added to the readme file, and I could also add to the on-screen messages in the script (something like "You'd better read these files first.")
I've also though about making it possible to view the config file and the excludes file from within the script. Could probably even allow editing those files on the fly.
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