FWIW, I am doing the same thing (splitting the stuff), my DLEs look something like this:
host /home/all /home { always-full exclude "./hugemap" "./evenhugermap" "./*/.sambarecycle" } host /home/hugemap /home { always-full include "./hugemap" } host /home/evenhugermap /home { always-full include "./evenhugermap" } Martin > > > > > > > > > > I'm having strange problems with the include thingy in an > > > > > entry in my disklist: > > > > > > > > > > bullcalf /data/nihpd/nihpd1/data/assembly_0 /data/nihpd/nihpd1/data/assembly { > > > > > include "./0*" > > > > > exclude "./[1-9]*" > > > > > high-tar > > > > > } 1 > > > > > > > > > > Looking at what got written to tape (a full backup) I see only > > > > > directories (no files at all!), and even from the exclude part...ie > > > > > just the hierarchy structure of /data/nihpd/nihpd1/data/assembly all > > > > > the way down... > > > > > > > > > > > > > Don't know about your bad backup, but in your DLE you should not > > > > have both the include and THAT exclude. I.e., the include will > > > > automatically drop any toplevel dir that does not match "./0*". > > > > > > That is want I want! > > > All subdirs in there have a pattern [0-9]\{6\} , ie, 6 digits. There > > > are other subdirs but there are not to be backed up. You see, my > > > problem is that /data/nihpd/nihpd1/data/assembly can contains 100's of > > > GB and I'm using 4 LTO tape drives, so I have to split that thing in > > > small chuncks... > > > > > > Eventually I'll have 10 DLE's, those starting with ./0* ./1* ... > > > you get the picture. > > > > > > > > > > > I think the only valid exclude usage would be for things under > > > > the 0* directories. For example 'exclude "./0*/tmp"'. Though > > > > I must admit I've never tried that combination. > > >