>We'd like to run an incremental backup of a group of directories.  The
>exact directory names vary from server to server, but they all follow the form
>        /u01/app/oracle/admin/*/arch/
>
>where the "*" is the name of an Oracle instance.
>
>When we run an incremental using the filespec as shown,  the backup does
>not pick up any files, even when we create a new file or touch an existing
>file in one of those directories.  We've tried this with and without quotes
>around the filespec.
>
>Is there a limitation on the filespec used so that wildcards in the middle
>of the string do not get processed?  These are Solaris 9 clients using
>client version 5.1.6.2 or 5.2.0.0

It's doing exactly what you specified - backing up a group of directories
(which have already been backed up, so no action taken).
If you want to back up the files in the directories, put an asterisk at
the end.  -SUbdir=Yes may also be desired.

  Richard Sims, BU