Excluding a previously included file will cause the current active version to be made inactive (during your next incremental backup), and from there, any existing backup versions expire per management class criteria.
The EXCLUDE statements you have coded: exclude *:\Op2IR\* exclude *:\Op2IR\...\* exclude *:\Op2IR\...\*.* are redundant, and can be boiled down to one: exclude *:\Op2IR\...\* The \...\ part covers the files immediately below Op2IR, as well as its subdirectories. the * part covers all file names, including those with dots (.) in them. However, EXCLUDE by itself applies only to files, and not directories, which is why you still see the subdirectory structure get backed up. If you don't want the directory traversed or backed up at all, then code this: exclude.dir *:\Op2IR Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Tivoli Systems Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. Karen Mikacenic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/01/2001 08:36 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Can't get EXCLUDE Right! Question 1) When a new exclude statement is added to either an global or client option files does it delete all previously backed up versions or just start from the day the exclude was added? I am trying to delete a directory and everything in it off all drives of a server. I am using the two statements below. I am deleting all the items within the directories, but am still backing up the millions of empty directories. Below is what I have specified in the options file. Can you see what might be wrong with this? exclude *:\Op2IR\* exclude *:\Op2IR\...\* exclude *:\Op2IR\...\*.* Here is what is showing up in the log when doing the scheduled backup: 09/14/2001 02:11:21 Directory--> 0 \\imgsqlac\f$\Op2IR\Data\Opexpor2\20010913\1751854-722318-1713059 [Sent] 09/14/2001 02:11:21 Directory--> 0 \\imgsqlac\f$\Op2IR\Data\Opexpor2\20010913\1751854-736627-1708252 [Sent] 09/14/2001 02:11:21 Directory--> 0 \\imgsqlac\f$\Op2IR\Data\Opexpor2\20010913\1751854-736633-1708250 [Sent] 09/14/2001 02:11:21 Directory--> 0 Thanks Karen Mikacenic TSG 425 945 5137 425 562 5257 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unigard Insurance 15805 NE 24th St. Bellevue, WA 98008