Include and exclude files that contain wildcard characters
You must use special escape characters when including or excluding files and directories that contain wildcard characters.
The backup-archive client treats wildcard characters in different ways on different platforms.
The names of directories and files can contain different symbols. The types of symbols that are allowed depend on the operating system.
For example, on AIX®, the names of directories or
files can contain:
* ? : [ ]
For example, on Windows, the names of directories and files
should not contain the following symbols:
? * < > " / \ : |
However, they can contain the following symbols:
[ ]
To specify files and directories in include and exclude statements,
you must use the escape character "\
" to specify
the wildcards. However, the escape character can only be used inside
the character classes "[]
".
The following examples illustrate how to specify files and directories that contain wildcard characters using the escape character and character classes in include-exclude statements.
To exclude the single
directory /usr1/[dir2] from backup processing, enter the following
in the dsm.sys file or the include-exclude file:
exclude.dir "/usr1/[\[]dir2[\]]"
To exclude the single
file /usr1/fi*le1 from backup processing, enter the following statement
in the dsm.sys file or the include-exclude file:
exclude "/usr1/fi[\*]le1"
Tip: If you
use the Preferences Editor to include or exclude a single file or
directory that contains wildcard characters, you must manually edit
the include or exclude statement to escape the wildcard characters.
The Preferences Editor does not automatically escape the wildcard
characters. Follow the previous examples to edit the include or exclude
statements in the dsm.sys file or the include-exclude file.
To exclude the single directory
C:\[dir2]
from
backup processing, enter the following in the dsm.opt file: exclude.dir "C:\[\[]dir2[\]]"
To exclude the single file
C:\file[.txt
from backup processing, enter the following in the dsm.opt file: exclude.dir "C:\file[\[].txt"
Tip: If you use the Preferences Editor
to include or exclude a single file or directory that contains wildcard
characters, you must manually edit the include or exclude statement
to escape the wildcard characters. The Preferences Editor does not
automatically escape the wildcard characters. Follow the previous
examples to edit the include or exclude statements in the dsm.opt
file or the include-exclude file.