Patterns (file path)
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Only one pattern per line
is allowed.
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Meta or wildcard characters
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The following meta or
wildcard characters are recognized:
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Literal use of wildcards
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To use the wildcard characters literally (as non-wildcard
characters), precede them with a backslash (\).
For example, suppose that the brackets in a file name are not
used as wildcards, as in \home\abc\fun[ny[name. In your exclude
list, precede the brackets with a backslash, as in
\home\abc\fun\[ny\[name to have NetBackup interpret the brackets
literally.
Note:
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A backslash (\) acts as an escape character
only when it precedes a wildcard, which means that NetBackup
normally interprets a backslash literally. A backslash is a legal
character to use in pathnames.
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Spaces
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Spaces are considered legal characters. Do not include extra
spaces unless they are part of the file name.
Do not include extra spaces at the end of a file name, otherwise
NetBackup does not include, or exclude the file.
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File path end
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End a file path with a \ to exclude only folders with that path
name (for example, C:\home\test\). If the pattern does not end with
a \ (for example, C:\usr\test), NetBackup excludes both files and
folders with that path name.
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Exclusion of all files with a given name
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To exclude all files with a given name, regardless of their
folder path, enter the name without a preceding \. For example:
test
Do not enter C:\test in such a case. The addition of a preceding
\ is equivalent to the addition of a prefix to the file pattern. It
would result in all of the files (not only those named temp) under C: being
excluded.
The following is an example of an exclude list:
C:\home\doe\john
C:\home\doe\abc\
C:\home\*\test
C:\*\temp
temp
In this example, NetBackup excludes the following
files from server-directed backups:
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The file or folder named C:\home\doe\john
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The entire folder C:\home\doe\abc\ (because the
file path ends with a \)
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All files or folders named test that are two levels
under home
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All files or folders named temp that are two levels
under the root
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All files or folders named temp at any level
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