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- DOCUMENT:Q104168 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Command Line Windows NT Backup Backs Up Files as Directories
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:buglist3.10
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- When issuing the following command
-
- ntbackup backup o:\readme.txt
-
- Windows NT Backup will report that it "Backed up 0 files in 2
- directories." The file is backed up; however, it is backed up as a
- directory instead of a file.
-
- The following backup status report results from the above-mentioned
- example command:
-
- Backup Status
-
- Tape Name: "Tape created on 8/31/93"
- Backup of "O: \\products2\release"
- Backup set #1 on tape #1
- Backup description: ""
- Backup started on 8/31/93 at 9:29:57 AM.
- Directory \
- Directory \README.TXT
- Backup completed on 8/31/93 at 9:29:58 AM.
- Backed up 0 files in 2 directories.
- Processed 903 bytes in 1 second.
-
- In the backup status report, "Directory \README.TXT" indicates that
- Windows NT Backup considers README.TXT to be a directory, which is not
- the case.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- Windows NT Backup is intended as a backup program for entire
- directories instead of individual files, and as such, treats an
- individual file listed on the command line as a directory to be backed
- up.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- When you are using Windows NT Backup from the command line, specify
- entire directories to be backed up.
-
- STATUS
- ======
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1
- and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this
- problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
- Base as it becomes available.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: 32ap
-
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