Actually, this is not entirely true. * and *.* are NOT exactly the same.

   *.* means any file name with the '.' character anywhere in the name.

   * means any file name.

So if you have this:

   exclude c:\Mydir\*.*

And you have these files in C:\Mydir:

   abc.txt
   123.txt
   myfile

Then myfile will be backed up, but abc.txt and 123.txt will be excluded.

If you want to exclude *all* files (which is usually the intent), you need
to specify this:

   exclude c:\Mydir\*

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Tivoli Systems
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
e-mail: araibeck AT tivoli DOT com
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Hello there

some hints...

re-read your REGEXP definition, you do NOT need to put many lines

* and *.* are EXACTLY the same for *SM

try to use exclude.dir instead of /.../, *SM won't store directory
definitions.

rv