PowerScale OneFS 9.7.0.0 Backup and Recovery Guide

Format of a backup file list

You must create a file list to enable a file list backup.

A file list backup requires an ASCII text file in a particular format to identify the pathnames of files to be backed up. Following is an example of a file list with pathnames relative to /ifs/data/projects:

proj001/plan/\001File
proj001/plan/\002File
proj001/plan/\003File
proj001/plan/\004File
proj001/plan/\005File
proj001/plan/\006File
proj001/plan/\aFile
proj001/plan/\bFile
proj001/plan/\tFile
proj001/plan/\nFile
proj002/plan/\vFile
proj002/plan/\fFile
proj002/plan/\rFile
proj002/plan/\016File
proj002/plan/\017File
proj002/plan/\020File
proj002/plan/\023File
proj002/plan/\024File
proj005/plan/\036File
proj005/plan/\037File
proj005/plan/ File
proj005/plan/!File
proj005/plan/\"File
proj005/plan/#File
proj005/plan/$File
proj005/plan/%File
proj005/plan/&File
proj005/plan/'File

As shown in the example, the pathnames are relative to the full path of the source directory, which you specify in the FILESYSTEM environment variable. Absolute file paths are not supported in the file list.

Also as shown, the directories and files must be in sorted order for the backup to be successful. A # at the beginning of a line in the file list indicates to skip the line.

The pathnames of all files must be included in the file list, or they are not backed up. For example, if you only include the pathname of a subdirectory, the subdirectory is backed up, but not the files the subdirectory contains. The exception is ADS (alternate data streams). All ADS associated with a file to be backed up are automatically backed up.