[Info-vax] BACKUP/IMAGE/EXCLUDE...?

[David J Dachtera]

Syltrem wrote:
> 
> "Christoph Gartmann" <gartmann at nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de> wrote in message
> news:gr045a$2ua$1 at news.belwue.de...
> > Hello,
> >
> > is it possible to use the /EXCLUDE qualifier in /IMAGE backups? It is
> > OpenVMS
> > 7.3-2 and according to the online help there is no restriction although it
> > is not possible to use it in image restore operations. Nevertheless
> > the qualifier seems to have no effect in the following command:
> >  $ BACKUP/IMAGE/LOG diskj: /EXCLUDE=*-data. mkb100:test.bck/save
> > Any insights?
> >
> > Regards,
> >   Christoph Gartmann
> >
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> 
> It's like expecting a camera to take a picture of you and not show the logo
> on your t-shirt in the image.
> 
> An image copy is a functionnally equivalent copy of the source. If you want
> to exclude files do not use /image but rather, [*...]*.*.* /exclude=(), or
> delete the files after you do the image restore (like you would use
> photoshop to remove the logo on your picture).
> 
> The command should probably return this message, though
> %DCL-W-CONFLICT, illegal combination of command elements - check
> documentation

Agreed. As it is, though, neither DCL nor BACKUP flags or rejects the
combination of these qualifiers. May have been an oevrsight originally,
and was never changed to prevent breaking anything that worked. Even if
it didn't do what someone thought it did, at least it didn't bomb out.

D.J.D.