[Info-vax] BACKUP/BEFORE/BACKUP

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article
<002f31ab-1cbb-4282-a4d9-55ec88fb04e5 at u14g2000vbg.googlegroups.com>,
abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> writes: 

> Typically a backup with the /before switch is to capture the state of
> the disk at a certain time.  

OK.

> You have the qualifier mis-understood.
> The /before qualifier has no relation to the backup date unless you
> use the "backup" specification.  The date specified by the /before is
> the trigger date for qualifying files based upon their creation date.

Right, but I did say BACKUP/BEFORE/BACKUP.