The wildcardsareliteral option
specifies
whether question marks (?) and asterisks (*) are interpreted literally,
when they are included in a file list specification on a filelist option.
Ordinarily, Tivoli® Storage Manager does
not accept wildcard characters (? and *) in a file list specification
that is included on a filelist option. Some file
systems, such as the IBM® General
Parallel File System (GPFS™),
allow these characters in file and directory names. To prevent errors
that would otherwise occur, when file specifications are included
on a filelist option and they contain wildcard
characters,
set wildcardsareliteral yes. When wildcardsareliteral is
set to yes, question marks (?) and asterisks
(*) that are included in a file list specification on the filelist option
are interpreted literally, and not as wildcard characters.
This
option applies to any command that accepts a filelist option
as command parameter.
Supported Clients
This
option is valid
for all supported platforms. The option is applied to any command
that takes a file list specification as a parameter.
Options File
Place this option in the client
user options file (dsm.opt).
Syntax
.-no------.
>>-WILDCARDSareliteral--+-+-----+-+----------------------------><
'-yes-'
Parameters
- no
- Specifies that question
marks and asterisks are interpreted as
wildcards when used in a file list specification that is included
on a filelist option. No is
the default. If a file list specification on a filelist option
includes a question mark or asterisk, an error occurs and the file
specification cannot be processed.
- yes
- Specifies that asterisks and question marks in a file list specification
that is included on a filelist option are interpreted
literally, and not as wildcard characters. Specify this value if you
are backing up files from a file system that allows wildcard characters
in file or directory names.
Examples
- Options file:
- WILDCARDSARELITERAL YES
- Command line:
- Assuming
that the file system allows wildcard characters in paths,
the following are examples of files in a file list specification that
can be successfully processed if WILDCARDSARELITERAL is
set to YES.
- Assume that the command issued
is dsmc sel -filelist=c:\important_files.txt,
where important_files.txt contains the list of
files to process.
- important_files.txt contains
the following
list of files:
c:\gpfs\home\myfiles\file?9000
c:\gpfs\home\myfiles\?file
c:\gpfs\home\myfiles\**README**version2
c:\gpfs\home\myfiles\ABC?file*
- If both WILDCARDSARELITERAL and QUOTESARELITERAL are
both set to YES, the following backups can be
successfully processed:
c:\gpfs\home\myfiles\"file?
c:\gpfs\home\myfiles\?file'
c:\gpfs\home\myfiles\**"README Tomorrow"**
c:\gpfs\home\myfiles\file*
- Command line:
- Assuming
that the file system allows wildcard characters in paths,
the following are examples of files in a file list specification that
can be successfully processed if WILDCARDSARELITERAL is
set to YES.
- Assume that the command issued
is dsmc sel -filelist=/home/user1/important_files,
where important_files.txt contains the list of
files to process.
- important_files.txt contains
the following
list of files:
/home/user1/myfiles/file?9000
/home/user1/myfiles/?file
/home/user1/myfiles/**README**version2
/home/user1/myfiles/ABC?file*
- If both WILDCARDSARELITERAL and QUOTESARELITERAL are
both set to YES, the following backups can be
successfully processed:
/home/user1/myfiles/"file?
/home/user1/myfiles/?file'
/home/user1/myfiles/**"README Tomorrow"**
/home/user1/myfiles/file*