On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Andrew Raibeck might have said:

> > I have found the 'expire' option I just asked about. What all this
> > is concerning is that so far I am unable to find a way to tell dsmc.exe
> > on windows to exclude files that have the 'O' flag (Offline?) set. I
> > have been told this flag is similiar to the 'R' flag for ReadOnly
> > and to the 'S' flag for System files.
> >
> > Is there a way to specify an exclude-type pattern based on these flags?
>
> Not in TSM, no. You would need to fashion a program or script to build a
> file list based on your required criteria.

Thanks, that's what I've been thinking. I'll post the program
when I finish it.

Mike