Backing up structural directory and skip the data

Use null directive (similar to skip) as documented in uasm manual.

Hi hrvoje thanks for being with us .

I fallowed the UASM manuall but not getting cleare idea .

i have directory called  /data  i want to backup this directory structure only  and skiping the data inside it .

Could you provide me the sytax of UASM for backing this directory structure  and wher we have to mention this syntex in client resource ..

Create either server side or client side directive (see man for nsr_directive) - I would suggest server side one.  You probably know how to use skip directive - null is the same just instead of skip type null.  There is also old article available about null and skip which I believe is still valid today (see Basics – Null vs Skip Directives).

Is /data file system or folder within /? I would change null like to:

+null: .?* *

Next, I would test client side thingy as well just to see what is going on.  For client side one, create .nsr in /data with above line.

Hi

i created the directives with ASM syntax  as below .

< /data >

+null: *.*

and selected this directives in client resource . in saveset attribute i mention saveset as /data .

after excuting the backup its taking full backup of /data including its all content  of subdirectories  .

is there anything i missing here.

i donot want to backup the content of this directory .

I want only structure of this directory to be backup ..

kindly provide some usefull hint .i am strucked in this .

I would recommend you to go with client side directive, that is more effective

its now working . as hrvoje said i chnged the syntex into +null: .?*

now i am able to backup directory structure with  size 1 KB

Thanks to  all for providing your valueable comments .

Excellent !! Please mark H's solution as correct and close as thread as answered.