Thank you,the DSMI_CONFIG environment variable is pointed at 
/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin, last night I had corrected  this and   the 
backup is OK.

Liming

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Sims" <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] help:strange api question


> On Jul 27, 2005, at 2:07 AM, liming wrote:
> 
>> ...ANS1036S Invalid option '@M-^@.' found in options file '/usr/t
>> ivoli/tsm/client/api/bin'
>>          at line number : 1
>>          Invalid entry : '@M-^@.'
>> ...
> 
> It rather looks like your DSMI_CONFIG environment variable is
> pointing at a directory rather than an options file. Opening and
> reading a directory as though it were a file gets binary bytes.
> 
>   Richard Sims