Directives

[TheDugsBaws]

Apologies all, two threads in a row.


Let's say I am backing up my C: on Windows and I want to skip certain folders.

Is this the correct syntax? (And when do I use quotations)?

<<"C:\">>
+skip: "Program Files"
+skip: FolderA
+skip: "Folder B"
+skip: FolderC

Is it true I only need quotes around my file if there is a space?

 

[Rif123]

Your directive looks ok. And yes, you only need quotation when there are spaces in the filenames/directories.

You can always play around with the syntaxes etc in NetWorker, preferably on a test system.

 

[TheDugsBaws]

Sorry to fire this up again but having a few problems with this one.

Example:
Let's say I have a client whose save set is C:\Program Files and C:\Data.

I have a directive applied to this client call "Skip Prog Folders".

So:

<<"C:\">>
+skip: "Program Files\Adobe"
+skip: "Program Files\Melody-Maker"
+skip: Data\Data-1

My main focus here is around the "-". Does Networker treat the - as a special character? If so, should my directive work if I put quotes around Data\Data-1?

Thanks for the help.

 

[Rif123]

No, you don't need quotes around -

But you could write your directives like this then perhaps:

<< "C:\Program Files" >>
+skip: Adobe
+skip: Melody-Maker

<< "C:\Data" >>
+skip: Data-1

Or if you don't have to use an absolut path

<< "C:\" >>
+skip: Adobe
+skip: Melody-Maker
+skip: Data-1

The latter will of course skip all files and folders with those names.

 

[TheDugsBaws]

Hey folks,

This one is driving me rounf the bend.

Say I have a Unix filesystem with the following folders/files:

/tmp/sap/folder1
/tmp/sap/folder2
/tmp/sap/folder3
/tmp/sap/folder4
/tmp/sap/folder5
/tmp/sap/folder6
mksys
/tmp/sap/foldertypea
/tmp/sap/foldertypeb
/tmp/sap/foldertypec
/tmp/test

How do I write a directive that will skip folder1-folder6 in the tmp/sap directory, file mksys on the root and foldertypea & b in the tmp/sap directory.

I've tried about 30 different variations but each time I hit a brick wall.

 

[605]

What about

< / >
skip: mksys
< /tmp/sap >
+ skip: folder1
+ skip: folder2
+ skip: folder3
+ skip: folder4
+ skip: folder5
+ skip: folder6
+ skip: foldertypea
+ skip: foldertypeb

or ...

< / >
skip: mksys
< /tmp/sap >
+ skip: folder?
+ skip: foldertypea
+ skip: foldertypeb

 

[TheDugsBaws]

I can't really go down that line of specifying folders because the directive could change daily i.e. if folder7 is added it would need this skipped too.

 

[605]

OK - what about the wildcard version?

 

[TheDugsBaws]

If I applied that to everything in /tmp/sap it would mean skipping foldertypec also which I don't want. Maybe there's no other way around this other than specifying, but that's going to prove a pain.

Thanks for the help.