On our NT systems, changes to our include/exclude didn't take effect
until after we re-booted, or stopped and restarted the scheduler
service.


Mark Steph wrote:
>
> I got lots of replies... all which I had tried before.  I am using V3 on
> sunos/solaris. Exclude is working fine for FILES, but I still get
> directories backed up.  While this doesn't take up much space, it tends to
> be confusing for operators.  This is especially compounded with network
> appliances that keep a .snapshot architecture, giving historical directory
> structures going back (hours, days, weeks).
>
> >From memory, I have tried (using /usr as an example):
>
> exclude /usr
> exclude /usr/.../
> exclude /usr/.../*
> exclude.dir /usr
> exclude.dir /usr/.../
> exclude.dir /usr/.../*
>
> ...and I still get /usr/blah/blah directories (not files) in my backups.
>  Surely I dont have to do as one person suggested and do:
> exclude.dir /usr/*
> exclude.dir /usr/*/*
> etc.
>
> > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > -
> > > > Heinz Flemming
> > > flemming AT rz.uni-karlsruhe DOT de
> > > > Computing Center, University of Karlsruhe
> > > > Zirkel 2, P.O.Box 6980
> > > > D-76128 Karlsruhe
> > > > Germany
> > > >
> > > > phone 0721 - 608 6427                                  fax 0721 -
> > > 37550
> > > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > -
> > > >
> > >
>
> --
> Mark Steph
> Ericsson Data Services
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