Moin  

I don´t know what you mean with the $-sign.
Try 
exclude ?:\NOTESDIR\...\*
include ?:\NOTESDIR\...\M*.nsf

Ahoi Helge

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Herve Chibois [SMTP:Herve.Chibois AT FR.ABNAMRO DOT COM]
> Gesendet am:  Freitag, 26. März 1999 19:38
> An:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff:      Notes : inclexcl not working well
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> ==> Question 1
> 
> My undestanding of the Notes incl_excl syntax seems not to be clear. I
> only want to backup databases which
> names begins with M and exclude all the other dbs.
> 
> we have on our server :
> 
> D:\NOTEDATA\MAILDIRECTORY.NSF
> D:\NOTEDATA\MAIL\MYUSER.NSF
> D:\NOTEDATA\MYUSER.FT\
> 
> I coded :
> 
> exclude ?:\$NOTESDIR\...\*
> include ?:\$NOTESDIR\...\M*.nsf
> 
> Where is the error ?
> 
> ==> Question 2
> Is there a way to use the incl_excl syntax when using the command line
> interface ?
> 
> Thanx
> Rv