--- a/check	Sat Jan 11 17:20:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/check	Sat Jan 11 23:23:59 2014 +0100
@@ -36,21 +36,25 @@
 
 exit main @ARGV;
 
-
 #----
 
 sub main {
+    my @opt_ignore;
     my $opt_verbose = 0;
 
     GetOptions(
-        'h|help' => sub { pod2usage(-verbose => 1, -exit => 0) },
-        'm|man'  => sub { pod2usage(-verbose => 2, -exit => 0) },
-        'v|verbose' => \$opt_verbose,
+        'i|ignore=s@' => \@opt_ignore,
+        'h|help'      => sub { pod2usage(-verbose => 1, -exit => 0) },
+        'm|man'       => sub { pod2usage(-verbose => 2, -exit => 0) },
+        'v|verbose'   => \$opt_verbose,
     ) or pod2usage;
 
-    if ($opt_verbose) { *::verbose = sub { say '# ', @_ } }
-    else { *::verbose = sub { } }
-
+    if ($opt_verbose) {
+        *::verbose = sub { say '# ', @_ }
+    }
+    else {
+        *::verbose = sub { }
+    }
 
     # test needs to be run as root:* or as backup:backup
     my $USER  = 'backup';
@@ -75,8 +79,8 @@
 
     eval { amchecks @confs } or critical $@;
 
-    my @dles = eval { amlists @confs } or critical $@;
-    ok 'config: ' .join(', ', @confs), @dles;
+    my @dles = eval { amlists confs => \@confs, ignore => \@opt_ignore } or critical $@;
+    ok 'config: ' . join(', ', @confs), @dles;
 
     # never reached
     return 0;
@@ -210,7 +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;
@@ -223,7 +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" }
@@ -246,6 +254,7 @@
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
   check_amanda-client [-h|--help] [-m|--man]
+  check_amanda-client [options]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -255,6 +264,12 @@
 
 =over
 
+=item B<-i>|B<--ignore> I<config:filesystem>
+
+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>
 
 Show a short description and help text.