[xfs-masters] xfsdump, fs-attr "d" & directories

["Linda A. Walsh" <xfs@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was wondering, regarding the "d" attribute on files.

It says it specifies not to dump the specific file.

Is support for marking directories non-dumpable planned?

Should would be nice to partition off certain directories
and anything underneath them as items not to be dumped,
for example I might want to dump "/var", as many system settings
are stored there, but may not care to dump contents of
/var/tmp, or /var/squid/cache.  But with those directories,
setting the "d" on individual files isn't a great solution.

Would be nice to disable dumping of those entire directory
trees.

Linda