Steve,

/root.b/* is only for files under this directory, not under
subdirectories.  If IBM changed it to include all files under all
subdirectories, there'd be no way to include/exclude files in a specific
directory without using virtual mount points.  I like it the way it is.

By the way, for anyone using ADSM for DFS client (AIX), you have to use
4 dots in the exclude/include statement instead of 3.  I missed the
extra dot in the manual and couldn't understand why my exclude wasn't
working right.

Tina Hilton
Thomson Consumer Electronics

> ----------
> From:         Steven P Roder[SMTP:tkssteve AT ACSU.BUFFALO DOT EDU]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Wednesday, September 24, 1997 7:44 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: excluding dir names with dots in them
>
> On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Rui Malheiro wrote:
> > >     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
> >
> > On AIX, (and Win95/NT), it works fine using:
> >
> > Exclude /.../root.b/.../*
> > or
> > Exclude /root.b/.../*
>
> These seem to do the trick.  Still, I wonder why a simple /root.b/*
> does
> not work?  IBM?
>
> Steve (unVMix Systems Programmer/Dude) Roder
> (tkssteve AT ubvm.cc.buffalo DOT edu | tkssteve AT acsu.buffalo DOT edu |
> (716)645-3564 ,
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>