include/exclude processing is a mechanism to include or exclude files
from an incremental backup; the incremental backup process will still insist
on preserving an image of the directory structure; thus you will see the
'directory sent' messages for all directories/subdirectories, even if they
are excluded.  Bottom line:  include/exclude processing does not affect
directories.

To handle pontential problems, especially in afs, ADSM offers a dsm.sys
option called VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT.  You can specify an afs (or any directory)
as a VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT, and ADSM will treat it like it's own filespace.
So, you can code (in dsm.sys)    VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT /afs/smith/lp/BManilow
and adsm thinks that /afs/smith/lp/BManilow is a filespace.  Then, code a
DOMAIN statement that explicitly includes this file system, so it will
be backed-up.

Jim Smith / ADSM Technical Support / San Jose