[Info-vax] backup oddity

[Eberhard Heuser]

Am 04.01.2015 um 17:50 schrieb Phillip Helbig undress to reply via Info-vax:
> >From sys$specific:[000000], the command
>
>     $ dir [...]*.*;*/exc=(syscommon.dir,[.syscommon...]*.*;*)
>
> works as expected, whereas
>
>     $ backup [...]*.*;*/exc=(syscommon.dir,[.syscommon...]*.*;*)
>
> takes the syscommon.dir and the directories and subdirectories within it
> as well.
>
> Why is this the case?
>
> How can I achieve the expected result, without doing it "by hand"?
>
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$ backup [...]*.*;*/exc=([SYSn]syscommon.dir,[SYSn.syscommon...]*.*;*)

will do what you expect.

Eberhard