in your class list, is /oradata the only file system 
for that particular class?

If so, then you can simply create an exclude list with 
*.dbf in it and accomplish your desired result.

exclude_list.oradata [exlude_list.classname]

Just a thought.

david

Quoting "Porter, Eric" <Eric.Porter AT marriott DOT com>:

> Hi,
>
> Hopefully an easy question.   I am building an 
exclude file for our unix
> systems.  After looking at the manual I am a bit 
perplexed as to how to
> exclude a set of files.
>
> I would like to be able to exclude all files with the 
extension .dbf,  but
> only under the hierarchy  /oradata.  The problem is 
we have many
> subdirectories under /oradata at many depths.
>
> Can I do this without many exclude statements...
>
> i.e. I don't want:
>
> /oradata/*/*.dbf
> /oradata/*/*/*.dbf
> /oradata/*/*/*/*.dbf
>
>  and so on.
>
>
> thanks
>
> Eric
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