STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Products Manual (B5151-90003)
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Storing Files
Specifying Files in a STORE Command
• Storing several files
:STORE FILE1.PUB.RESEARCH,FILE2.PUB.MYACCT;*T
• Store several files with wildcards
— Store all MPE and HFS files in GROUP1.ACCTNAME:
:STORE @.GROUP1.ACCTNAME;*T
— Store all MPE and HFS files in the dir3 directory:
:STORE ./dir3/@;*T
— Store all HFS files that start with lower case letters in the CWD:
:STORE ./[a-z]@;*T
• Exclude some files from a fileset:
— Store everything on the system except files in PUB.SYS, MPE format:
:STORE @.@.@-@.PUB.SYS;*T
— HFS format:
:STORE / - /SYS/PUB/@;*T
• Store everything on the system except the 3000devs account:
:STORE @.@.@ - /3000devs;*T
• Store only the HFS-named files on the system:
:STORE / - @.@.@;*T
• Store only the MPE-named files on the system:
:STORE ?@.@.@;*T
• All files in the TEST group, except those that begin with A or B:
:STORE @.TEST - A@.TEST - B@.TEST;*T
Using Indirect Files
If you back up the same information regularly, you might keep the STORE parameters and
options you use in an indirect file. An indirect file is a text file containing filesets, exclusion
sets, and parameters for a STORE command. Instead of listing the files you want to store
and the options you want to use in a STORE command, enter them in a text file and name
the text file in the STORE command.
An indirect file must:
• Be an existing permanent or temporary file.
• Have a record length between 8 and 14K bytes.
• Have read access allowed, although the file may be open shared or intrajob.
The following is an example of using an indirect file:
Suppose you regularly back up all the files on your system, including the system directory