Robert; Look at the new FOLLOWSYMBOLIC option. I think it may allow you
to do what you want to do. Try: dsmc restore ... -followsymbolic=yes
Try it on one file first ;) ..Paul
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On Thu, 17 Nov 1994 16:17:40 EST Bob Klein said:
On Thu, 17 Nov 1994 16:17:40 EST Bob Klein said:
>I have a question/comment about file specifications on the
>RESTORE command of the Unix client. The path to my home
>directory is rather long, so I set up a symbolic link. When I
>tried to use the symbolic link as part of the file specification
>in the RESTORE command, I got back the message that there were no
>matching files. When I used the actual path instead of the
>symbolic link the files showed up. I tested the symbolic link
>with the ls command to make sure it was defined correctly. I
>have also tried using an environmental variable to hold the path
>but adsm does not seem to use environmental variables. Is there
>any way to use a symbolic link, environmental variable etc. to
>shorten the path specification? If not, there should be.
>Thanks.
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