Indeed hit the same problem on finding that someone in the Linux world thought it fun to name an OS directory 'core'. We just are having to stop excluding 'core' and take the hit on all those dump files getting backed up. Of course what we only need to do that on Linux, I don't think any other UNIX vendor has made the same issue.
I think it is less painful than using include files. It may prompt us to look see why there are core files at all, maybe create cron jobs to clean them out when 5 years old... William D L Brown -----Original Message----- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of David Rock Sent: 29 August 2011 01:31 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] exclude_list - exclude core file but not core directory Hello, I'm dealing with exclude_list for the umteenth time, and stumbled into a classic problem. The examples in the docs have always shown excluding "core", which excludes all core files AND core directories. Because of how you define things, it is possible to exclude just directories by appending / (e.g., core/), but there is no corresponding way that I can find to exclude ONLY files named core. I can more or less accomplish what I need to by using an include_list that contains "core/", but this will obviously add processing overhead because it's going to build the initial list, drop excluded stuff, then go back through all the excluded directories and look for all directories named "core". I especially don't want the include list to go back and re-add any core directories under other directories that I have also excluded. For example: exclude_list: core /dev /sys /mnt/auto /var/mqm/ /u[0-9]*/ If I have an include_list that looks like this: core/ It will pick up any directories named core under: /dev /sys /mnt/auto /var/mqm/ /u[0-9]*/ Which I do NOT want it to do. Does anyone know if it's possible to define JUST files named core in the exclude_list, so that an include_list is not necessary? If an include_list is the only way to do it, is it possible to avoid the re-adding under the directories I _do_ want to exclude? Thanks. -- David Rock dave...@graniteweb.com _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ________________________________ This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
