Hi Stan.
RE:  recycle bin, try
<< "e:\vi\bb_bb60\recyclebin" >>
+skip: *.*

Not sure whether the directory gets backed up, but the files inside don't.

Don't know how to solve the IPod thing apart from a script short of a
directive for each one

Cheers!
Brendan

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Stan Horwitz <stan AT temple DOT edu> wrote:

> I need to set up a server-side directive for a backup of a Windows 2003
> client with NetWorker 7.4.1. What I need to skip is
> e:\vi\bb_bb60\recyclebin. I have tried various permutations at setting up a
> directive to do this, but I keep getting a parsing error when the backup
> runs. Here's what I have now:
>
> << e:\vi\bb_bb60\ >>
> skip: recyclebin
>
> I also am having a heck of a time getting NetWorker NOT to back up iPod
> devices on Macs. Does anyone have a directive that skips iPods?
> Fortunately,
> the device name in the iPod that's haunting me with backups has the word
> "iPod" in it, but something along the lines of
>
> << /Volumes >>
> skip: *iPod"
>
> Doesn't work.
>
> Any suggestions on either question would be appreciated.
>
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