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