Ganesan,
symbolic links on NT/Win95 systems do not get followed by ADSM. The
symbolic link is a very unreliable, nearly unusable feature, as Windows
only creates a file with the extension ".LNK" that CAN represent a
symbolic link for 32bit GUI applications. From the commandline you'll
see the LNK-File and ADSM just does a backup of this file.
Regards,
Michael
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> Von: Ganesan Ravishanker[SMTP:ravishan AT WESLEYAN DOT EDU]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 19. Juni 1998 21:49
> An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff: Include Exclude on Windows
>
> Hi All
>
> I have a client options set on the server using which I am
> controlling the client directories that I want to backup. Basically,
> we are asking the users to place all files in d:\backup for backup. I
> have the following three client options in the order they appear:
>
> exclude.dir ?:\...\*
> exclude.dir ?:\
> include d:\backup\...\*.* desktop
>
> where desktop is my management class. Everything in d:\backup and
> below is getting backed up. However, all the directories in my C: and
> D: drives are being "sent". The documentation clearly says that
> include exclude rules do not apply to directories and that one should
> use exclude.dit syntax, which is what I am using. How do I avoid all
> 25,000 directory names from appearing in my filespace? Also, when I
> use the GUI front end to restore, these directories appear, though
> there is nothing underneath them. This is a problem because the novice
> user (we have a lot of them) will think that these directories have
> been backed up.
>
> Another question: If NT or Win 95 Clients create a shortcut in
> d:\backup to other document directories, will the contents of these
> directories be backed up? (Is there an equivalent of
> followsymboliclink for Windows NT?)
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Ravi
>
>
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