How 'bout

/root.b/.../*

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>From:  Steven P Roder[SMTP:tkssteve AT ACSU.BUFFALO DOT EDU]
>Reply To:      ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
>Sent:  Tuesday, September 23, 1997 2:30 PM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       excluding dir names with dots in them
>
>Hi All,
>
>     I am having a problem excluding the directory /root.b and all of it's
>files from incremental backups.  In the client include-exclude file, I
>have tried:
>
>/root.b
>/.../root.b/.../
>/root.b/*
>/root\.b
>
>and none of these have any effect.  I think the problem is the "." in the
>directory name, and that it needs to be escaped.
>
>Any ideas?  The client is Solaris 2.5.1 with client version:
>
>Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 2, Release 1, Level 0.7
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve (unVMix Systems Programmer/Dude) Roder
>(tkssteve AT ubvm.cc.buffalo DOT edu | tkssteve AT acsu.buffalo DOT edu | 
>(716)645-3564 ,
>   | http://ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu/~tkssteve)
>