Re: full/partial query

Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Call "man star" and then go to the section "INCREMENTAL BACKUPS"
 >
> Jörg
> 

Thanks Jörg,

 From 'man star'

     "In case that nofiles are renamed from excluded
      parts to included parts,
      partial backups may be taken also."

This is true. The cache files I want to exclude will never be copied.

     "Partial backups only make
      sense if a complete directory sub tree is excluded (e.g.  by
      using  the  pat=  option) or if a partial backup starts at a
      sub directory that is not the root  directory  of  the  file
      system."

This is also true....

However I cannot take a 0F and then a 3P. the 3P references [<3]P and not [<3]F 
also, which is what i would desire...

So should I use my exclude pattern on ALL levels? and run every dump I do as a 
partial dump....

Is there any danger in doing this as the only backup scheme for a filesystem?

Thanks very much.

Rob