On Thu, 13 Apr 1995 10:39:11 EST Vern Maxson said:
>We are trying to archive enormous directories on an RS/6000.
>
>Several of my ADSM users want to archive all the files in very large
>directory tree structures.  They contain thousands of files in thousands
>of subdirectories.  The lowest level subdirectories are twenty to thirty
>levels deep.  At the beginning of the archival process, from the top
>dsm screen we select "archive", then "archive by directory tree", and
>it takes over an hour for the screen to come back with a list of the
>directory structure.  After this long wait, we must go through an
>extremely arduous task of going to every subdirectory individually,
>and selecting its files.  Each one goes quickly because we only have to
>click the right mouse button once to select all the files in any single
>subdirectory, but it is a nighmare selecting thousands of directories.
>Surely there is an easy way to do this?

I assume you want to archive all the files in the sub-tree structure.
If so, all you have to do is select "Archive by file specification...",
the specify the pathname to the top of the sub-tree structure with a
wildcard (i.e., /foo/bar/*), select the "Include subdirectories"
option, and then "List files".  This will still probably take awhile to
come up with the full list of files.  At this point, you can select the
"Select All Files" option, and away you go.

You should be aware that you won't be able to restore all of these files
and preserve the tree structure that contains them.  ADSM Retrieve does
not re-create the tree structure upon retrieval.  This is one of several
"design mis-features" about Archive/Retrieve that has caused our user
community much consternation.

..Paul

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