Steven,
a simple "Exclude /root.b/*" covers only files that are located directly
in root.b.
One should expect that
/dir/* covers all files in dir and
/dir/.../* covers all files in all subdirs of dir, so
both options cover all files below dir.

A short look into the manual pages leads to the result that
/dir/.../* includes /dir/*, so only one exclude is necessary to exclude
a whole branch.

Regards,
Michael
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>Von:   Steven P Roder[SMTP:tkssteve AT ACSU.BUFFALO DOT EDU]
>Gesendet:      Mittwoch, 24. September 1997 13:44
>An:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Betreff:       Re: excluding dir names with dots in them
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>These seem to do the trick.  Still, I wonder why a simple /root.b/* does
>not work?  IBM?
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