Yeah, I do use includes, but I only do a single letter at a time include "./a*”
Perhaps the problem is with the syntax of doing more than one letter. I only do [a-f] on my excludes. Weird! Deb Baddorf > On Nov 8, 2018, at 2:33 PM, Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH) > <brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov> wrote: > > > 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> 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