[Info-vax] Backing up scattered files

[abrsvc]

On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 2:25:29 PM UTC-4, Rich Jordan wrote:
> 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!

This qualifier does not work on V7.3-1.  I tried.  It DOES work on V7.3-2

Dan