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
>
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> 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
