> >exclude /.../dce.buffalo.edu/fs/soft/ub/cdrom/.../*
> >exclude /.../dce.buffalo.edu/fs/user/[a-z]/[a-z]/.../.netscape/cache/.../*
> >exclude.dir 
> >/.../dce.buffalo.edu/fs/user/[a-z]/[a-z]/.../.netscape/cache/.../*
> >exclude.dir /.../dce.buffalo.edu/fs/user/[a-z]/[a-z]/.../.netscape/cache
> >
> >03/19/1999 01:40:46 ANS4005E Error processing
> >'/.../dce.buffalo.edu/fs/user/k/h/kh7/ub/solaris/.netscape/cache/1F/cache36F1EEFF0
> >B10F50.com':
>
> Steve - You didn't tell us the context of the operation, but it appears
>         to be a DFS environment.  But were you using 'dsmc' or 'dsmcdfs'?
> And did you use a DFSInclexcl option?  Remember that in that context you
> have to use 4 dots instead of 3, as 3 dots is meaningful for DFS.
> (Nobody said this stuff is simple; that's why we get paid so much.  :-)

Sorry, yes, this is DFS using dsmcdfs and:

* DFS Options
   DFSInclexcl          /etc/adsm.dfs.exclude
   DFSBackupmntpnt      No

...so, your saying I need four dots for the directory place holders, as
in:

exclude.dir /.../dce.buffalo.edu/fs/user/[a-z]/[a-z]/..../.netscape/cache

?

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)