Sounds like a bug -- yes, there has been a level (or 3) that incorrectly caused exclude list to be processed by "ar" cmd... it's the client code that controls it -- try running the latest (4.2.x) client, unless you're hot to use 5.1, then get the latest 5.1 download patch.
Don France Technical Architect - Tivoli Certified Consultant Professional Association of Contract Employees (P.A.C.E.) San Jose, CA (408) 257-3037 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mattice, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:44 PM Subject: Unix directory exclude question > We are running a scheduled "incremental" on an AIX 4.3.3 client. There is a > need to exclude a specific directory tree, which needs to be "archived" via > another, shell script based, scheduled "command". > > The initial idea was to add an "exclude.dir" in the client dsm.sys file. > This caused the incremental to exclude that directory tree but, when > performing the command line (dsmc) archive the log indicates that this tree > is excluded. > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Dave > > ADT Security Services