*:\excludedir appears to be working.  I will run with this option tonight to
see if all is well.  Thanks for everyone's help.

paulg

On Feb 20,  2:23pm, David A. Chapa wrote:
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Exclude on windows question
>
> I thought about the * option after I sent this, but was wondering how it
> would be interpreted in front of the colon.
>
> I have noticed that it (NT/2000 platforms) acts differently in some cases
> from Unix...I haven't tried this yet...so I'd be interested in what you find
> out Paul.
>
> David
>
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> David A. Chapa
> Backup Storage Consultant
> DataStaff, Inc.
> http://www.datastaff.com
> 312 683 1144
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>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com [mailto:scott.kendall AT abbott DOT 
> com]
>   Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 12:30 PM
>   To: David A. Chapa
>   Cc: Paul Gimpelev; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>   Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Exclude on windows question
>
>
>
>   according to the file list rules for Windows clients, :\ or *:\ would
> work, so I would think the same would be true for exclude/include lists, but
> haven't tested that.  If that were true, what you are already trying would
> work though.  Have you tested it yet?  "?" is also supposed to be valid for
> Windows, so David's would probably work as well.
>
>   I would try *:\excludedir
>
>
>   -Scott
>
>
>
>        "David A. Chapa" <david AT datastaff DOT com>
>         Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>         02/20/2003 09:49 AM
>
>
>                 To:        "Paul Gimpelev" <paulg AT cdcna DOT com>,
> <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
>                 cc:
>                 Subject:        RE: [Veritas-bu] Exclude on windows question
>
>
>
>   I think you want
>
>   "?:\excludedir"
>
>   David
>
>   <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
>   David A. Chapa
>   Backup Storage Consultant
>   DataStaff, Inc.
>   http://www.datastaff.com
>   312 683 1144
>   ---------------------------------------
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>   [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Paul
>   Gimpelev
>   Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:25 AM
>   To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>   Subject: [Veritas-bu] Exclude on windows question
>
>
>   Is this a valid exclud statement:
>
>   ":\excludedir"
>
>   I am trying to create a dynamic exclude entry that would ignore
> "excludedir"
>   on
>   the root of every drive without specifying drive letter itself.
>
>   Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>   Thanks,
>
>   paulg
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