The following items describe the conventions that are used to specify backups for UNIX clients:

• Enter one pathname per line. NetBackup supports a maximum path length of 1023 characters for UNIX clients.

• Begin all pathnames with a forward slash (/).

• The following wildcard characters are allowed:

  *
  ?
  [ ]
  { }
  

• If a backup selection list entry contains trailing spaces and a matching entry is not found, NetBackup deletes the spaces and checks again. If a match is not found, NetBackup skips the entry and logs a message in the Problems report or the All Log Entries report:

  TRV - cannot process path pathname: No such file or directory.

  Skipping TRV - Found no matching file system for pathname