EXCLUDE stands for EXCLUDE.FILE, which only excludes the files.
If you want to exclude the directories as well you should specify
EXCLUDE.DIR
Regards
Thomas Rupp

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Seibt [SMTP:seibt.al AT T-ONLINE DOT DE]
> Gesendet am:  Mittwoch, 19. August 1998 09:48
> An:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff:      InclExcl.list - How can i exclude Directories only
> 
> Hi everybody,
>  
> i'm using ADSM V3 on SINIX. In my  inclexcl.list some Directories are
> exluded. ADSM does not backup the files in these directories
> but does check them. How can i suppress this behavior ? 
>  
> inclexllist:
>     Include         /.../*                                         
> MC.UNFS.750
>     Exclude         /proc/.../*
>     Exclude         /dev/fd/.../*
>     Exclude         /cdrom/.../*
>     Exclude         /cache*/.../*
>     Exclude         /.../dsmsched.log
>     Exclude         /.../dsmerror.log
>     Exclude         /.../nohup.out
> 
> schedlog :
> ......
> 18.08.1998 21:17:22 Directory-->                  96
> /cache009/CACHE_DOCUMENT/900664244/9/14/EXVWH5IK.39Y [Sent]      
> 18.08.1998 21:17:22 Directory-->                  96
> /cache009/CACHE_DOCUMENT/900664244/9/15/EXVX9GLW.39Y [Sent]      
> 18.08.1998 21:17:22 Directory-->                  96
> /cache009/CACHE_DOCUMENT/900664244/9/16/EXVYDOP8.39Y [Sent]      
> 18.08.1998 21:17:22 Directory-->                  96
> /cache009/CACHE_DOCUMENT/900664244/9/17/EXW0BT04.39Y [Sent]      
> 18.08.1998 21:17:22 Directory-->                  96
> /cache009/CACHE_DOCUMENT/900664244/9/18/EXW1LB3G.39Y [Sent]      
> 18.08.1998 21:17:22 Directory-->                  96
> /cache009/CACHE_DOCUMENT/900664244/9/19/EXW5BI6S.39Y [Sent]      
> 18.08.1998 21:17:22 Directory-->                  96
> /cache009/CACHE_DOCUMENT/900664244/9/2/EXVLRA70.39Y [Sent]      
> ......
>  
> thanx a lot
>     stefan