[Info-vax] Backing up scattered files

[Rich Jordan]

On Apr 3, 7:04 pm, FrankS <sapie... at noesys.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 6:25:18 PM UTC-4, Rich Jordan wrote:
> > An old request just came up again; we need to back up a group of
> > several dozen files, scattered across multiple directories on one
> > disk, into a single saveset on a schedule; quiescing the apps is
> > handled beforehand.  This is on an Alpha V7.3 system, no upgrade
> > possible.  The filenames and paths vary enough that even wildcarding
> > won't get the input spec to a valid size.
>
> > Thoughts appreciated.
>
> On OpenVMS v7.3-2 the set of qualifiers for the Backup utility includes:
>
>     /INPUT_FILES
>
>        Input Save-Set Qualifier
>
>        Directs BACKUP to treat the input-specifier as the file name of a
>        list of files. This file specifies the input files for a BACKUP
>        operation.
>
> For example (from the paper documentation):
>
> $ BACKUP FILE.DAT/INPUT_FILES MKA600:INFO.BCK/SAVE_SET
>
> Where file.dat contains a list of files to be placed in the saveset.

Yes but we're stuck at V7.3 for this site.

I wonder if any of the updates or ECOs backported that capability
though; worth a check!