https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455823#M66235 Yes, better idea, because it works on an open logfile, too! Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:16:21 GMT Uwe Zessin 2005-01-05T09:16:21Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455820#M66232 Hello, i am using the set file/nobackup on several directories and my backup log files shows every file that was skipped with a /nobackup flag "data not copied, file marked NOBACKUP". Is there a way to turn off this reporting while still get the other BACKUP-I-, BACKUP-W-, BACKUP-F-, etc messages? thanks for any advise you can offer<BR /><BR />g. Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:38:41 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455820#M66232 Gary_167 2005-01-05T08:38:41Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455821#M66233 No, I don't think so, but you can process the logfile after the job has run:<BR /><BR />$ edit /edt backup.log<BR />delete all '%BACKUP-I-NOBACKUP,'<BR />exit<BR />$! Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:02:43 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455821#M66233 Uwe Zessin 2005-01-05T09:02:43Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455822#M66234 I think I am with Uwe, no direct way of manipulating BACKUP.<BR /><BR />However, instead of EDIT/EDT I would use SEARCH:<BR /><BR />$ Search BACKUP.LOG "%BACKUP-I-NOBACKUP" /nohead/mat=nor/out=backup1.log<BR /><BR />hth<BR /><BR />Proost.<BR /><BR />Have one on me.<BR /><BR />Jan Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:09:57 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455822#M66234 Jan van den Ende 2005-01-05T09:09:57Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455823#M66235 Yes, better idea, because it works on an open logfile, too! Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:16:21 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455823#M66235 Uwe Zessin 2005-01-05T09:16:21Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455824#M66236 <BR />What problem are you really trying to solve?<BR />The SET FILE/NOBACK will, as per help, still record the file header (name and attributes), just not the data. This is typical needed only for large, re-creatable, scratch type files. (like a page file!).<BR /><BR />If you just do not want to backup specific directories, please consider using the /EXCLUDE on the actual backup command.<BR /><BR />Admittedly you would have to add this every time though.<BR /><BR />fwiw,<BR />Hein.<BR /> Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:45:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455824#M66236 Hein van den Heuvel 2005-01-05T10:45:33Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455825#M66237 Hein,<BR /><BR />correct me if I m wrong, but I was of the impression that /EXCUDE does not work on /IMAGE ?<BR /><BR />Proost.<BR /><BR />Have one on me.<BR /><BR />Jan Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:07:39 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455825#M66237 Jan van den Ende 2005-01-05T11:07:39Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455826#M66238 Hello, i have to do /NOBACKUP for image backups. The files that we are not backing up are data feeds that should not be on tapes and are re-creatable. I think i can live with skipping through a few hundred of these in the log. Thanks for the input. Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:24:48 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/set-file-nobackup-dkxxxx-xxxxx/m-p/3455826#M66238 Gary_167 2005-01-05T11:24:48Z