<suhailh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> i want to create a script to take backup of specific directories.
>
> eg: abc, xyz and bcd directories in root directory
>
> cd /
> find . -name <....> |backup -ivqf /dev/rmt0
>
> how can i list only abc, xyz and bcd directories in the search.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> hope i'm clear.
>
> Regards,
> Suhail

You can do multiple find command into a file that you will use as your list.

find /abc -name X >backuplist
find /xyz -name X >>backuplist
find /bcd -name X >>backuplist
backup -ivqf /dev/rmt0 <backuplist

Or something like that.