On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Andrew Raibeck wrote:
  I have already try all the following permutations and still have the same
problem.

exclude /.../*
include /.../nfs/user/c/.../*
exclude /.../nfs/user/c/.snapshot/.../*


exclude /.../*
exclude /.../nfs/user/c/.snapshot/.../*
include /.../nfs/user/c/.../*


exclude /.../*
exclude /.../nfs/user/c/.snapshot/.../*
include /.../nfs/user/c/.../*
exclude /.../nfs/user/c/.snapshot/.../*

I will try again and tahnks for the help.

> The problem is that the "exclude /.../nfs/user/c/.snapshot/.../*" is a subset
> of the "include /.../nfs/user/c/.../*". ADSM processes the include/exclude 
> list
> from the bottom-up, and stops the processing with the first match. Thus files
> matching your exclude also match you include. Since the include is processed
> first, ADSM will back up the file.
>
> Try swapping the exclude with the include, and see if that helps (you'll need
> to restart the client in order for this to take effect).
>
> exclude /.../*
> include /.../nfs/user/c/.../*
> exclude /.../nfs/user/c/.snapshot/.../*
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Storage Systems Division
> ADSM Client Development
> e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
>
>  ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>  04/06/98 09:37 AM
> Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
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> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc:
> Subject: .snapshots help ... (fwd)
>
> Hi,
>   I am trying to exclude the following (and this is how the include_exclude
> file looks like):
>
> ***********************
> exclude /.../*
> exclude /.../nfs/user/c/.snapshot/.../*
> include /.../nfs/user/c/.../*
>         .
>         .
>         .
> ***********************
>  However, this does not seem to exclude the "exclude
> /.../nfs/user/c/.snapshot/.../*" directory. Does anyone have any idea why ?
>
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