Hello Dierk,

It is true that -DELETEFILES does not delete directories. Try searching
the ADSM-L archives for criteria:

   +raibeck +deletefiles +directories

for some discussions on this subject.

Note that -DELETEFILES is valid for the "dsmc archive" command only. It is
not a valid INCLUDE.ARCHIVE option.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-07-11
08:14:14:

> Hi, TSMers !
>
> Some days ago my inclexcl-list (see below) decieded to work wrong: The
> include.archive statement is no longer proceeded;
> But the other incl/excl statements in the list work fine. The list was
in
> use for month, without any changes. Even no user or machine has been
> changed. I tried several things inside the list, but nothing works;
> from the commandline the "archive /data/SAVE/30/* -deletefiles "
archives
> fine, but does not delete directories and also left a few files.
>
> This is the list:
> exclude /.../*
> include.archive /data/SAVE/30/.../* mc_save_30 -deletefiles
> include.archive /data/SAVE/100/.../* mc_save_100 -deletefiles
> include.archive /data/SAVE/400/.../* mc_save_400 -deletefiles
> include.archive /data/SAVE/800/.../* mc_save_800 -deletefiles
> include.archive /data/SAVE/4400/.../* mc_save_4400 -deletefiles
> include /data/.../*
>
>
> Many thanks, any idea is very welcome
>
> Regards,
> Dierk