> I didn't say that Exclude lists don't work for directories.  
> I said that Include lists don't work for directories.  [...]

No.  Include lists work exactly the same way as exclude lists;
directories and/or files are valid.  Reference the Veritas NetBackup
System Administrator's Guide, Vol I for syntax rules.

This misunderstanding might be attributed to way the *_list rules are
applied.  Note that an exclude list can only exclude items that are in
the policy's selection list (obviously).  And that an include list can
only include items that were excluded by an exclude list.  (Perhaps
that's the logic in Symantec renaming the include list to "exceptions to
the exclude list.")  Stated another way, the selection list defines the
universe of data to be backed up.  Excludes subtract from the universe.
Includes reinstate only items from the set of excluded items.

You can see the processing steps in the client's bpbkar log.  Logging
level 0 will show each directive as it is encountered; level 1 and
higher will show the process more clearly via the PrintFile lines.  From
that I can infer the reason the rules are as they are (above):  bpbkar
processes the selection list and only mentions exclude_list items when
they match its current path; include_list entries are only mentioned
when they match the current exclude_list item.


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