Hello,
if I read the file delivered with ADSM client "options.wri", I find:  


| The exclude.dir option works only if the excluded directory is a
 subdirectory; if you explicitly specify the directory or the files
within
| it, the file is backed up.

Should we understand that only SUBdirectories and not directories can be
excluded?

Regards,

René Lambelet - (3543 - *A581 
Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestlé - CH-1800 Vevey
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Alexander Verkooyen [SMTP:alexander AT SARA DOT NL]
>Sent:  Tuesday, May 19, 1998 3:24 PM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Re: Problem with EXCLUDE.DIR
>
>On 19-May-98 Andreas Kossack wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> %Hello,
>> %
>> %I'm running a 3.1.0.1 client on AIX 4.1.4 and I'm
>> %having some trouble with the EXCLUDE.DIR statement.
>> %
>> %
>> %I have a directory called /dir1 and a file /dir1/file
>> %
>> %My include/exclude file consists of 1 line:
>> %
>> %EXCLUDE.DIR     /dir1
>> %
>> %When I do an incremental of / the directory /dir1 and
>> %the file /dir1/file are backed up. For some reason the
>> %EXCLUDE.DIR is being ignored by the client.
>> Try
>> EXCLUDE.FS      /dir1
>> if your /dir1 is a mounted FileSystem !?
>
>No, it is just a normal directory, not a filesystem.
>
>I just tried it again with different directory and file
>names and the same thing happened.
>
>Regards,
>
>Alexander
>------------------------------------------------------
>Alexander Verkooijen                SARA
>Systems Programmer                  Academic Computing
>alexander AT sara DOT nl                   Services Amsterdam