--- a/check	Sat Jan 11 17:25:56 2014 +0100
+++ b/check	Sat Jan 11 23:23:45 2014 +0100
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
     eval { amchecks @confs } or critical $@;
 
-    my @dles = eval { amlists @confs } or critical $@;
+    my @dles = eval { amlists confs => \@confs, ignore => \@opt_ignore } or critical $@;
     ok 'config: ' . join(', ', @confs), @dles;
 
     # never reached
@@ -214,7 +214,10 @@
 }
 
 sub amlists {
-    my @confs      = @_;
+    my %arg = @_;
+    my @confs = @{$arg{confs}} or croak 'missing list of confs';
+    my @ignore = @{$arg{ignore}};
+
     my @candidates = get_devices;
 
     my %missing;
@@ -227,7 +230,8 @@
             # the disklist, or the device id is found
             $candidate->[0] ~~ [map { $_->[0] } @dles] and next;
             $candidate->[1] ~~ [map { $_->[1] } @dles] and next;
-            push @{ $missing{$conf} }, $candidate->[0];
+            push @{ $missing{$conf} }, $candidate->[0]
+                if not "$conf:$candidate->[0]" ~~ @ignore;
         }
     }
     die map { "$_ missing: " . join(', ' => @{ $missing{$_} }) . "\n" }
@@ -250,6 +254,7 @@
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
   check_amanda-client [-h|--help] [-m|--man]
+  check_amanda-client [options]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -259,9 +264,11 @@
 
 =over
 
-=item B<-i>|B<--ignore> I<filesystem>
+=item B<-i>|B<--ignore> I<config:filesystem>
 
-The name of a filesystem to be ignored.
+The name of a filesystem to be ignored. Example:
+
+    check_amanda-client --ignore weekly:/var/spool/squid --ignore daily:/boot
 
 =item B<-h>|B<--help>