>>>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:50:02 -0400, Brian A Seklecki (Mobile) said:
>
> Per the doc excerpt below, I read this to mean:
>
> "First Matching Rule Stops Further Evaluation".
>
> Then, per the example below the except below regarding:
>
> [...snip...]
> wildfile = "*.Z"
> wildfile = "*.gz"
>
> Options {
> Exclude = yes
> RegexFile = ".*"
> }
> File = /myfile
> [...snip...]
>
> Then the note says:
>
> "...It does not match directory names, so all directories in /myfile
> will be backed up (the directory entry) and any *.Z and *.gz files
> contained in them....Backing up a directory entries is not very
> expensive."
>
> ---
>
> My question is: Is this still the best approach? The idea of loading my
> Files and Directories tables seems "expensive" to me, but then again,
> we're talking about backups.
There is no other way that uses Regex/WildDir.
> Any ideas on another approach to "Exclude all Files and Directories
> except this Regex/WildDir" ?
You could generate the list of Z/gz files using /usr/bin/find and use a
fileset with File = "\\|..." like the "All local partitions" example in the
manual.
__Martin
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