Julie,
After a suggestiong from someone on the listserv, I entered the search
string in single quotes without the brackets and it worked.  Here's what
I did:
q backup -scroll=yes -fromdate=10/31/1997 -todate=11/4/1997 -subdir=yes
"d:\public\7th grade humanities\*"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julie Phinney [SMTP:jphinney AT HUMANA DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 1997 1:46 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Restoring directories with embedded spaces in NT
>
> Marita,
> Did you try matching the case?  I know I've had trouble before with
> the
> Q BACKUP command when the case didn't match.
> Julie Phinney
> JPHINNEY AT HUMANA DOT COM
>
> Marita Gonsalves wrote:
> >
> > There was a discussion on this topic about 2 weeks ago and someone
> > suggested putting the directory with embedded spaces in brackets and
> > quotes.
> > The name of the folder I'm attempting to restore (7TH GRADE
> HUMANITIES)
> > and is inside a folder called public.  I tried
> > everything that was suggested by Andy Raibeck without much success.
> I
> > tried:
> > q backup "d:\public\{7TH GRADE HUMANITIES}\*"
> > and variations of the same and I either got a "no matching criteria"
> > message or an "Excessive arguments message.  Any help would be
> greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Marita Gonsalves
> > Cary Academy - ISC
> > 919-677-1946 x4555