Hello,
May be I wrong but you have to exclude a directory :
exclude /dir1/.../*

Eric

> ----------
> From:         Dennis Riley[SMTP:riley AT TIMKEN DOT COM]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         jeudi 29 janvier 1998 13:48
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: exclude directories
>
> Actually, I found version 2 to not work as I thought it was designed.
> In
> order to exclude subdirectories, I had to have a seperate line for
> each
> level. Example:
>   exclude /dir1/dir2/*       # this only excluded files under
> /dir/dir2
>   exclude /dir1/dir2/*/*     # to get the next subdirectory level
>   exclude /dir1/dir2/*/*/*   # to get the next level - see a pattern?
>
> Dennis Riley               riley AT timken DOT com
> Technical Principal        330-471-3515
> The Timken Company         Canton, OH
> "Worldwide Leader in Bearings & Steel"
>
> On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Heinz Flemming wrote:
>
> > According to Mark Steph:
> > > This seems like a FAQ, but I have looked at IBM's FAQ, looked
> through the
> > > manual, searched dejanews, etc...
> > >
> > > I am having difficulty excluding directories on a unix (solaris)
> platform
> > > using ADSM's ir-regular expressions.  I have tried every
> permutation I can
> > > think of with exclude and exclude.dir, but I still get unwanted
> directories
> > > in my backups.  What am I missing?
> > >
> >   If you use a V2 client: it works as designed
> >
> >   In V3 there are more exclude-possibilities:
> >      - exclude.dir    excludes an entire dir from backup
> >      - exclude.file   excludes a file from backup services only
> >
> > Heinz
> >
> >
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