Re: Message ANS1102E Excessive number of command line arguments

Mmmmmmmm..... I don't think the asterisk is the problem, as Windows
doesn't have the same expansion issue that Unix does.

I think the problem is in the syntax used for the OBJECTS parameter:

   OBJECTS='"G:\DATA\ACCESS\184 BACKUPS\* "' -
   '"G:\DATA\ACCESS\57 BACKUPS\* "' -
   '"G:\DATA\ACCESS\578 BACKUPS\* "' -
   '"G:\DATA\ACCESS\1263 BACKUP\* "' -
   '"G:\DATA\ACCESS\182MAN BACKUP\* "' -
   '"G:\DATA\ACCESS\182SYSTEM BACKUP\* "' -
   '"G:\DATA\ACCESS\CISPS SPT DATABASE BACKUP\* "' -
   '"G:\DATA\ACCESS\CISUM SPT DATABASE BACKUP\* "' -

Rather than enclosing each file specification in double and single quotes,
each file spec should be enclosed in a pair of double quotes, then the
entire set of file specs enclosed in a pair of single quotes, like this:

   OBJECTS='"G:\DATA\ACCESS\184 BACKUPS\* " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\57 BACKUPS\* " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\578 BACKUPS\* " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\1263 BACKUP\* " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\182MAN BACKUP\* " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\182SYSTEM BACKUP\* " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\CISPS SPT DATABASE BACKUP\* " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\CISUM SPT DATABASE BACKUP\* "' -

The asterisk isn't really necessary, though, so this could be slightly
shortened to:

   OBJECTS='"G:\DATA\ACCESS\184 BACKUPS\ " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\57 BACKUPS\ " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\578 BACKUPS\ " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\1263 BACKUP\ " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\182MAN BACKUP\ " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\182SYSTEM BACKUP\ " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\CISPS SPT DATABASE BACKUP\ " -
   "G:\DATA\ACCESS\CISUM SPT DATABASE BACKUP\ "' -

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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>ANS1102E Excessive number of command line arguments passed to the program
...
>OBJECTS='"G:\DATA\ACCESS\184 BACKUPS\* "' -
...
>So i only have 8 directories that i want to archive. What confuses me is
>that we have been running this command schedule for some months now,
>without problem. It started last week, and happened again yesterday.

Jeff - As Consumer Reports would point out: what about that pesky
asterisk?
       That results in an expansion of filenames under the directory, I
believe.  (I'm not a Windows guru.)  I should think you would only need to
specify the directory names in the Objects list.

  Richard Sims, BU