It's probably not working because you need a space after the chevrons,
and a + before the skip: directives  ... Eg:

<< "C:\" >>
  +skip: *.tmp


But you may get what you want more easily if you do this...

<< / >>
 +skip: *.tmp
 +skip: *.mdf
 +skip: *.ldf
 +skip: *.sdb
 +skip: *.edb
 +skip: *.log
 +skip: *.stm 


Also, It may simply be voodoo, but EMC tech support always say to have a
blank line at the top of the directive always...





-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT listserv.temple DOT edu] On
Behalf Of Lisa Green
Sent: Wednesday, 15 November 2006 10:59 AM
To: NETWORKER AT listserv.temple DOT edu
Subject: [Networker] Windows Global Directive

We are running Networker 7.2.1 on a Windows 2003 server.  I am trying to

get a Global directive setup that will skip certain types of files on
all 
hard drives.  What I have is this:

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