> On Nov 14, 2018, at 2:18 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 14 November 2018 15:11:33 Debra S Baddorf wrote:
>
>>> On Nov 14, 2018, at 2:04 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wednesday 14 November 2018 14:03:56 Jon LaBadie wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 01:06:48PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>>> First a snip/paste of my 3 new del's as I try to split a big one
>>>>> up: line entry
>>>>> 28 coyote /home/gene/PublicA/ Publicag {
>>>>> 29 comp-coyote-tar
>>>>> 30 include "./[a-g]*"
>>>>> 31 exclude "./[h-z]*"
>>>>> 32 } 1 local
>>>>> 33
>>>>
>>>> Chris already got the syntax error.
>>>>
>>>> I'll just note you do not need both the include
>>>> and the exclude lines. The "include" says these
>>>> are the only things to backup.
>>>>
>>>> If "comp-coyote-tar" has any common excludes (like
>>>> temp files or ???) the exclude above would replace
>>>> them. If you want to retain the excludes, you may
>>>> want to make them "exclude append" to add to any
>>>> default exclude.
>>>>
>>>> What if you create a "Gene" or a "123go" or a ".save"
>>>> file or directory under PublicA? Your 3 DLEs would
>>>> not back them up. I usually add a "catchall" DLE.
>>>>
>>>> In your case it might be:
>>>>> 28 coyote PublicMisc /home/gene/PublicA/ {
>>>>> 29 comp-coyote-tar
>>>>> 31 exclude "./[a-z]*"
>>>>> 32 } 1 local
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>
>>> Probably a good idea now that you mention it Jon, there are some
>>> files that start with numbers.
>>>
>>> Are the alpha's case sensitive?
>>>
>>> Meaning should I make one for include "./[0-9]*" "./[A-Z]*" perhaps?
>>> Something like:
>>>
>>> coyote PublicA09AZ /home/gene/PublicA {
>>> comp-coyote-tar
>>> include "./[0-9]*" "./[A-Z]*"
>>> ] 1 local
>>>
>>> to cover everything else? Done.
>>
>> Yes, they are case sensitive. If you have only a few numbers of
>> capital letters, they make perfect candidates for that Misc data set.
>> You really DO need to have that, in case you dump a file there later
>> that doesn’t fit any of the “include” rules you’ve remembered to use.
>>
>> Also, a tar backup fails (for me) if it has NO contents. So you
>> need to save a few things, like the numbers or capitals letters, that
>> really do already exist — so that the Misc set isn’t empty.
>>
>> Deb Baddorf
> Thanks for the headsup Deb, but I am positive there will be hits for the
> above entry. Tonight. or should I say tomorrow morning should tell that
> tale. Amcheck is saying it should work.
>
I wasn’t so much worried about contents existing for your nice 0-9 and CAPS
set ….. it’s the “LeftOvers” set that worried me. It can’t be empty.
And I’m not certain that amcheck cares, I don’t think it’ll tell you if the
set is empty.
Let’s see how tomorrow goes!
Deb Baddorf
