Interesting, not sure. For part 2, I will say that it is far easier to exclude files from backup than include them. You had done an excellent job of exclusion, you’ll pardon the poor attempt at humor, it is getting late in the day.
From: Chris Nighswonger <cnighswon...@foundations.edu> Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2018 3:21 PM To: Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH) <brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov> Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: Re: Breaking DLEs up ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 1:56 PM Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH) <brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov<mailto:brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov>> wrote: Your syntax fileserver "/netdrives/CAMPUS/af" "/netdrives/CAMPUS" { comp-tar include "./[a-f]*" estimate server } my syntax finsen /export/home-A /export/home { user-tar2 include "./[a]*" } finsen /export/home-AZ /export/home { user-tar2 include "./[A-Z]*" } Well, this fixes my problem, though why I do not know. fileserver CAMPUS_a-f /netdrives/CAMPUS { comp-tar exclude file "./[g-z]*" estimate server } 1 It seems a bit of work compared to the include directive. I tried "include file" to no avail. I'll see how the backup runs tonight, but amcheck likes it. Kind regards, Chris