I never use selective, always incremental (for whatever _that's_ worth).
I don't know if in/excludes apply to selectives.

When specifying the objects field, separate the volume names with spaces
and enclose them all in (single or double) quotes.

Ah, now I see the confusion for EXCLUDE .FILE vs EXCLUDE.FILE, when I
look at the syntax diagram in the Using the ... Client manual.  My
interpretation comes from noting that there is no space in any of the
examples.

Rich

At 10:42 AM 6/18/99 +0200, you wrote:
>OK,
>
>The * was a mistake, it was from the cut and paste I did, and should not
>have been there. My mistake.
>
>I think part of my problem is actually the definition of the scheduled
>backup job in the Administrative client.
>
>I have it set up under Backup/Archive Schedules for the specific server
>under the Operation tab as Selective in the Action field, and under the
>Objects field, I have SYS: V_VOL1: (a space between the two).
>
>Now I'm getting the following error in the error log :
>
>06/17/1999 22:34:49 ANS1081E Invalid search file specification 'SYS:'
>entered 06/17/1999 22:34:49 ANS1081E Invalid search file specification
>'V_VOL1:' entered
>06/17/1999 22:34:49 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'SDEDOV' failed.  Return code =
>4.
>
>I can't seem to find the correct syntax to put in the Objects field to tell
>the server to backup both volumes on the server. I tried a * and that didn't
>work either.
>
>Any help here ?
>
>As to the .FILE being spaced from the Exclude, that's because it's how it's
>written in the manual, but I'll change that to no spaces between.
>
>And I use a * and not a ? in the \*:\...\FILE-NAME because I am refering to
>a volume and not to a drive letter. Under Netware, you can't define a drive
>letter on the server command line, as you can't map drive letters on a
>server.
>
>Mike
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard C. Dempsey [SMTP:dempsey AT KODAK DOT COM]
>> Sent: a ea?e 17 1999 15:54
>> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject:      Re: Antwort: Problems under NW with Selective backup Jobe
>>
>> I agree with the prior statements that "*" only works for
>> a file wildcard, and not as a directory wildcard.  You
>> must use "/.../" for the directory wildcard.
>>
>> I also agree that I don't understand the trailing "*" at
>> the end of various lines.
>>
>> THE NEW QUESTION IS: (drumroll) Why is there a space
>> between "EXCLUDE" and ".FILE" in the last two lines?
>> I thought that directive was "EXCLUDE.FILE"
>>
>> ALSO NEW: In all the documentation I've seen, drive letters
>> are wildcarded with a query: "?", like this:
>>
>> EXCLUDE.FILE      NS_IAA_SDEDOV\?:\...\AFTN.LDB
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Rich (Just Another Unix Hacker) Dempsey
>>
>> At 08:34 AM 6/17/99 +0200, you wrote:
>> >Hi Mike,
>> >
>> >I'm sorry but I don't understand the '*' at the end of
>> >
>> >EXCLUDE          V_VOL1:/DATA/ACCESS/MATPA/AFTN.MDB *
>> >EXCLUDE          V_VOL1:/DATA/ACCESS/MATPA/AFTN.LDB *
>> >
>> >and my last lines would look like:
>> >
>> >EXCLUDE .FILE    NS_IAA_SDEDOV\*:/.../AFTN.MDB
>> >EXCLUDE .FILE    NS_IAA_SDEDOV\*:/.../AFTN.LDB
>> >
>> >hope this helps, cause I've no experience with NW-clients.
>> >
>> >Regards
>> >     Mecki
>> >
>> >
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