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Subject: file names in BACKUP save sets
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Date: Sun, 21-Aug-83 05:57:55 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 21 05:57:55 1983
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From GEOFF5@SRI-CSL  Sun Aug 21 02:57:34 1983
If [X] is a toplevel directory, of device DBA0: say, then you can say
$ define FOO_BAR "__DBA0:[X.]"
$! and then
$ backup FOO_BAR:[Y...]; MTA0:

This is a way to strip off one level of directory from [X.Y...].
I don't know of a way to strip off more, since 
$ define FOO_BAR "__DBA0:[X.Y.]"
does not work.

-GJC