On Wednesday 14 November 2018 15:11:33 Debra S Baddorf wrote:
> > On Nov 14, 2018, at 2:04 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > On Wednesday 14 November 2018 14:03:56 Jon LaBadie wrote:
> >> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 01:06:48PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> First a snip/paste of my 3 new del's as I try to split a big one
> >>> up: line entry
> >>> 28 coyote /home/gene/PublicA/ Publicag {
> >>> 29 comp-coyote-tar
> >>> 30 include "./[a-g]*"
> >>> 31 exclude "./[h-z]*"
> >>> 32 } 1 local
> >>> 33
> >>
> >> Chris already got the syntax error.
> >>
> >> I'll just note you do not need both the include
> >> and the exclude lines. The "include" says these
> >> are the only things to backup.
> >>
> >> If "comp-coyote-tar" has any common excludes (like
> >> temp files or ???) the exclude above would replace
> >> them. If you want to retain the excludes, you may
> >> want to make them "exclude append" to add to any
> >> default exclude.
> >>
> >> What if you create a "Gene" or a "123go" or a ".save"
> >> file or directory under PublicA? Your 3 DLEs would
> >> not back them up. I usually add a "catchall" DLE.
> >>
> >> In your case it might be:
> >>> 28 coyote PublicMisc /home/gene/PublicA/ {
> >>> 29 comp-coyote-tar
> >>> 31 exclude "./[a-z]*"
> >>> 32 } 1 local
> >>
> >> Jon
> >
> > Probably a good idea now that you mention it Jon, there are some
> > files that start with numbers.
> >
> > Are the alpha's case sensitive?
> >
> > Meaning should I make one for include "./[0-9]*" "./[A-Z]*" perhaps?
> > Something like:
> >
> > coyote PublicA09AZ /home/gene/PublicA {
> > comp-coyote-tar
> > include "./[0-9]*" "./[A-Z]*"
> > ] 1 local
> >
> > to cover everything else? Done.
>
> Yes, they are case sensitive. If you have only a few numbers of
> capital letters, they make perfect candidates for that Misc data set.
> You really DO need to have that, in case you dump a file there later
> that doesn’t fit any of the “include” rules you’ve remembered to use.
>
> Also, a tar backup fails (for me) if it has NO contents. So you
> need to save a few things, like the numbers or capitals letters, that
> really do already exist — so that the Misc set isn’t empty.
>
> Deb Baddorf
Thanks for the headsup Deb, but I am positive there will be hits for the
above entry. Tonight. or should I say tomorrow morning should tell that
tale. Amcheck is saying it should work.
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