>We'd like to run an incremental backup of a group of directories. The >exact directory names vary from server to server, but they all follow the form > /u01/app/oracle/admin/*/arch/ > >where the "*" is the name of an Oracle instance. > >When we run an incremental using the filespec as shown, the backup does >not pick up any files, even when we create a new file or touch an existing >file in one of those directories. We've tried this with and without quotes >around the filespec. > >Is there a limitation on the filespec used so that wildcards in the middle >of the string do not get processed? These are Solaris 9 clients using >client version 5.1.6.2 or 5.2.0.0
It's doing exactly what you specified - backing up a group of directories (which have already been backed up, so no action taken). If you want to back up the files in the directories, put an asterisk at the end. -SUbdir=Yes may also be desired. Richard Sims, BU
