>> On Mon, 1 May 2006 11:31:10 -0400, Timothy Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I have the script below setup to run on Sunday. I understand the > dash (-) is a continuation character that is placed at the end of > the line, But I saw in the server log it did not accept the dash, > Should there be a space on the next line before the continuation of > a script? > Administrator XXXXXXissued command: BACKUP DB > devclass=BKP type=full scratch=yes -= wait=yes (SESSION: > ANR2020E BACKUP DB: Invalid parameter - -. (SESSION: 988) As a 'continuation character', it needs to come at the end of a line. The way to think about it is that the byte sequence "-[newline]" is magically removed from the script stream. Therefore a '-' other than before a newline is a syntax error. > Thanks in Advance! You're welcome, a posteriori. - Allen S. Rout
