You really have 2 problems here.  The first one you caught - you have to put
files with embedded blanks in quotes, as you sumized.  The syntax error,
however, is not with that, but rather the exclude statement - it has no drive
letter associated with it.

The correct syntax should be:

Exclude c:\...\*.*
Include  "c:\my documents\...\*.*"

BTW, If you want to exclude files in the root, add

Exclude c:\*.*

Jerry Lawson
jlawson AT thehartford DOT com
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Author: INTERNET.OWNERAD
Subject: NT client vs. file names with embedded spaces
02-27-97 10:40 PM

      We are using NT client 2.1.0.6 and are trying to backup only those
files in the
"My Documents" directory. If we try to code the include/exclude list as
follows

Exclude *:*\...\*
Include c:\my documents\...\*

The client and scheduler complain about the syntax of the
include/exclude. Putting quotes around My Documents dos not work and the
short form of the name also does not work. Has anyone encountered this
situation before and is there a work around

Bill Koeneman
Koch Industries
koenemab AT kochind DOT com
316-828-5183