Well... correct Sir !
     I just tested it again under my current V3 and a selective caught the
     directory structure but issued ANS1115W's against the individual
     files. (finished "without failure" but no files backed up... that was
     with wildcard use and with a specific, single file)

     It did still work with the archive.

     Guess things have changed in the last couple of  years.

     Sorry for the confusion folks...

     later,
           Dwight


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Subject: Re: Full Backup of one subdirectory
Author:  HiltonT (HiltonT AT tce DOT com) at unix,mime
Date:    8/13/98 7:55 AM


Dwight,

I have V2 and V3 clients and servers.  Neither will backup a file with the
select command if that file is in the exclude list.  I've tested on both AIX
4.1.5 and 4.2.

Tina

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dwight Cook [SMTP:decook AT AMOCO DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 1:39 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Full Backup of one subdirectory
>
>      Well, if it is a unix client you could
>
>      1) define a "VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT" of/for that directory
>      2) define an exclude statement for that directory
>         exclude /some/path/specificdir/.../*
>      3) have a scheduled event to perform either a
>         A) archive /some/path/specificdir/* -subdir=yes
>         B) selective /some/path/specificdir/* -subdir=yes
>
>      remember include/exclude statements only impact incremental's as far
>      as back it up or not goes... with archive and selective commands the
>      only thing a match with an include/exclude does is bind the data with
>      a management class if one is listed !  (and you can still override an
>      archive management class assignment via  the -archmc= )
>
>      (at least it all checked out that way in V2, I haven't double checked
>      V3 yet)
>
>      later,
>            Dwight
>
>
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> Subject: Full Backup of one subdirectory
> Author:  cwspurl (cwspurl AT LANDSEND DOT COM) at unix,mime
> Date:    8/12/98 9:29 AM
>
>
> Hello backup folks!
>
> We have a third party program with data in one subdirectory stored in
> multiple files.  Occasionaly the data becomes corrupt, requiring a
> restore.  However, because its a third party app, no one is quite sure
> which files need to be restored and from what date.
>
> Usually, we run incremental backups of the entire drive overnight.  Is
> there an easy way to backup all files in only this subdir, and perform
> the incremental on the rest of the drive?
>
> Thanks a lot for an insight provided!
>
> Chad Spurley