For your consideration: Would this do what you are after?  This option 
would NOT use the varriables, but it would pick up the files you are
after.  The downside is that it might pick up additional files you are
not expecting.

Exclude                 ?:\...\*
Exclude                 ?:\...\*.*
INCLUDE                 D:\users\...\* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 D:\users\...\*.* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 *:\...\austausch\...\* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 *:\...\austausch\...\*.* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 *:\...\austausch\catv5\db\user\...\* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 *:\...\austausch\catv5\db\user\...\*.* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 *:\...\austausch\catv5\var\...\* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 *:\...\austausch\catv5\var\...\*.* M_BUP-G3

-----Original Message-----
From: Luecke, Wolf-Christian (K-DOI-4/4)
[mailto:wolf-christian.luecke AT VOLKSWAGEN DOT DE]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:56 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: sending mail to the list


Hi TSM-Cracks,

i need a little help from you.
Is it possible to read environment variables out of the system like it ios
tried it in my example?
On of our CAD-Admins send me this dsm.opt file, with the question i spred to
you?
In the environment of the CAD-System is set a varible "%K_PATH%.
Behind this variable there are different drives, directories, and
subdirectories, even special of the systems ....
He want to spred the tSM-installation automaticliy without to change the
dsm.opt-File!

Exclude                 ?:\...\*
Exclude                 ?:\...\*.*
INCLUDE                 D:\users\...\* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 D:\users\...\*.* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 %K_PATH%\austausch\...\* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 %K_PATH%\austausch\...\*.* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 %K_PATH%\austausch\catv5\db\user\...\* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 %K_PATH%\austausch\catv5\db\user\...\*.* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 %K_PATH%\austausch\catv5\var\...\* M_BUP-G3
INCLUDE                 %K_PATH%\austausch\catv5\var\...\*.* M_BUP-G3

LANGUAGE                AMENG

Please send me answer
best regards

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Wolf-Christian Lücke

K-DOI-44
Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg
Storage Management
Windows Platform

Tel.:   05361/9-22124
E-Fax:  05361/9-57-22124

E-Mail: mailto:wolf-christian.luecke AT volkswagen DOT de