Depending upon the position of 'mdsi' in the directory tree your
excludes are correct.  The exclude.fs also excludes the subdirectory
structure from being backed-up (so it is more complete).

Steffan

"Crozier, Mindi (CCI-Atlanta)" wrote:
>
> I did see that feature but it does not make sense why the other method does
> not work unless adding that feature broke something.  Or in V3, is
> exclude.dir the ONLY way to exclude a directory?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rbs AT bu DOT edu [SMTP:rbs AT bu DOT edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 12:48 PM
> > To:   Crozier, Mindi (CCI-Atlanta)
> > Subject:      UNIX Include Exclude
> >
> > >I am having trouble with excluding whole directories.  I have tried:
> > exclude
> > >/mdsi/.../* and exclude /.../mdsi/.../*.  Neither works.  Any suggestions
> > >appreciated.
> >
> > You are resisting using the nice new Exclude.dir capability in ADSMv3.