Difference between "c:\" and "c:" in backup job file list?

[NBMike]

Hi, does the backslash make a difference when specifying a drive to back up in the backup policy file list?

I've took on support of our Netbackup backups and I noticed we had a job that specified c: in the file list, but on trying to restore from these backups (the full backups), I've found that this job is only actually backing up c:\program files\veritas, and nothing else on the C drive. Which I think is bizarre, and I don't understand There are no entries in the client exclude or include lists that could be causing it. Any ideas why just having c: in the file list would only back up the Veritas folder, and nothing else?

When I changed this to c:\ (ie. with the backslash), it worked fine, backing up everything on the C drive.

Now the strange thing is, we have another backup job (same master server, different client), which has e: (not e:\) in the file list, but that one DOES appear to back up everything on the drive. So I'm now very confused. Can anyone help explain what's going on? I suspect we have other jobs that specify drive letters without the backslash, so I need to know if I should be looking to change them all.

Cheers

Mike