Re: Exclude problem
1998-09-08 15:18:02
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Thomas R Rhodes wrote:
> I have found in the past that /* and /*.* is needed to exclude all files
> in a directory. So if the files that are being backed up are xx.xx type
> files then add an other line that has /*.* at the end to exclude the dot
> files also.
>
> like exclude /data0007/.../*
> exclude /data0007/.../*.* this should get all files in the
> data007 directory.
Not true in a unix environment. It will exclude all files that have a "."
in them. In unix, the /dir/.../* will get all files in all directories.
Even better in a V3 client is exclude.dir and exclude.fs.
Remember that the exclude/include syntax has different meanings on
different platforms.
Steve (unVMix Systems Programmer/Dude) Roder
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