ADSM-L

Re: excluding dir names with dots in them

1997-09-23 15:41:29
Subject: Re: excluding dir names with dots in them
From: Doug Thorneycroft <dthorneycroft AT LACSD DOT ORG>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:41:29 -0700
On NT, when running from the scheduler, include exclude changes don't
take effect until the scheduler service is stopped and restarted. Have
you tried this?


Steven P Roder wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>      I am having a problem excluding the directory /root.b and all of it's
> files from incremental backups.  In the client include-exclude file, I
> have tried:
>
> /root.b
> /.../root.b/.../
> /root.b/*
> /root\.b
>
> and none of these have any effect.  I think the problem is the "." in the
> directory name, and that it needs to be escaped.
>
> Any ideas?  The client is Solaris 2.5.1 with client version:
>
> Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 2, Release 1, Level 0.7
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve (unVMix Systems Programmer/Dude) Roder
> (tkssteve AT ubvm.cc.buffalo DOT edu | tkssteve AT acsu.buffalo DOT edu | 
> (716)645-3564 ,
>    | http://ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu/~tkssteve)