Stephen Hunter writes:

>>> STEPHEN HUNTER <[log in to unmask]> 01/17/00
10:07am >>>
Is there a way to "minus" out certain files when doing a restore?? I know
I
have used the - equation on stores, but will the same syntax work on a
restore???  Thanks in advance.
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Sure there is, a :HELP RESTORE ALL turns up the following for the fileset
parameter.

fileset             Specifies a set of files to be restored, and
                    optionally those files to be excluded from the
                    RESTORE operation.  The fileset parameter has the
                    form

      >>>        filestorestore[-filestoexclude[..]]

                    Any file that matches filestorestore will be
                    restored unless the file also matches a
                    filestoexclude, which specifies files that are to
                    be excluded from the RESTORE operation.  An
                    unlimited number of filestoexclude may be
                    specified.

                    Since "-" is a valid character for HFS syntax file
                    names, a blank character must separate it from HFS
                    file sets to obtain the special negative file set
                    meaning.

Mike Berkowitz
Guess? Inc.