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NTBACKUP Doesn't Create Set Description from Command Line

Article ID: 113709

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1

This article was previously published under Q113709

SYMPTOMS

After you install U.S. Service Pack 2, the Windows NT Backup program (NTBACKUP) no longer creates a set description when you start it from the command line. For example, if you type the following and then press ENTER

   NTBACKUP backup C:\DOS /D "TEST"

NTBACKUP does not create the set description of TEST. Instead, it leaves the set description blank on the tape.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because quotation marks are not handled correctly.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

This problem was corrected in Windows NT version 3.5.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: KB113709