Excellent.  This is the solution I was looking for and it worked.

Thanks a lot

Dianne Sharp
Operations Analyst
ISS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
CLEAR Communications, Auckland New Zealand
dsharp AT clear.co DOT nz
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>From:  Jerry Lawson[SMTP:jlawson AT ITTHARTFORD DOT COM]
>Sent:  Saturday, 23 November, 1996 2:39AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject:       Netware backup retention
>
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>From: INTERNET.OWNERAD at SNADGATE
>Date: 11/21/96 6:45PM
>To: Jerry Lawson at ASUPO
>*To: *Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L at SNADGATE
>Subject: Netware backup retention
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>Try setting up a management class for the two directories that you need
>selective backup.  I think if you set the copytype as "absolute", then the
>files will be backed up each day.  Add Include statements to your DSM.OPT
>file
>that applies the new management class to the directories on your SYS2.
>volume,
>and you should be in business.
>
>Jerry Lawson
>jlawson AT itthartford DOT com
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>Author: INTERNET.OWNERAD
>Subject: Netware backup retention
>11-21-96 06:45 PM
>
>HELP!!!!!
>
>I am about to go into Production with backups on our Netware 3.12 and
>4.1 file servers.  We run ADSM server on MVS.
>
>I have a problem trying to decide how to deal with a special requirement
>we have on one of the Netware 3.12 servers.
>
>We have 2 directories under the SYS2:   volume which form the Payroll
>system.  Unfortunately, due to the nature of these files, it seems that
>the modified date is not always updated and therefore, we have been
>advised that incremental backup might not actually work on these
>particular files.
>What the Payroll people have asked for is a full backup of both
>directories and subdirectories daily to be kept for 2 weeks.
>
>
>THIS IS THE PROBLEM AS I SEE IT :
>
>If I exclude these directories from the incremental backup, then I
>cannot perform a selective backup on them.
>
>I thought about changing the Domain statement so that SYS2: is not
>included at all, then running a selective backup just of that volume.
>However, this means that all other files on that volume will be backed
>up whether they are changed or not and we could end up with multiple
>backup versions of the same file and may not have previous versions of
>the file itself.
>
>I cannot use the Archive function as this does not seem to support the
>-subdir option.  I don't want to have to specify all subdirectory names
>in case new ones are added and are missed from the backups.
>
>IF ANYONE CAN SEE A WAY AROUND THIS, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Dianne Sharp
>Operations Analyst
>ISS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
>Ext 4208
>