On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 08:25:10PM -0400, Rosenblatt, Scott wrote:
> Hello,
> I am attempting to exclude all files *.a *.o *.so that are located in directories
> without the name bit or bitkeeper when streaming the backups to a holding disk prior
> to sending them to tape.
An extremely non-trivial requirement.
Here is a totally untested approach.
./*/?/*.[ao] # single char dir names
./*/?/*.so
./*/??/*.[ao] # two char dir names
./*/??/*.so
./*/.*/*.[ao] # dot dirs
./*/.*/*.so
./*/[!b][!i][!t]*/*.[ao] # three or more char dir names
./*/[!b][!i][!t]*/*.so # not starting with "bit"
And it would not cover files named dot-something-dot-a.
And it would pass things in a directory named "bitwise" even though they
should be excluded according to your spec.
> I have heard from others that the exclusion functionality is a bit broken.
I haven't.
What did these others say was broken?
Did they report it here so it may get fixed?
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