I had a look at the commandline client help. there the dash was mentioned.

i am sorry If that info should be wrong, but i have not made a restore of a
db yet.

Thanx, 

Roland

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Richard Sims [SMTP:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
> Gesendet am:  Mittwoch, 17. November 1999 15:05
> An:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff:      Re: AW: AW: Restoring ADSM database
> 
> >It seems that the     -      is missing in your statement (the dash!)
> >
> >try:
> >
> >dsmserv restore db -todate=14.11.1999
> 
> According to the manual, no dash is required.  But it will be
> interesting to see if it works with a dash.  If so, please
> contact the publications people to have this corrected (see
> inside front of manual).
>      Richard Sims, BU