[Info-vax] BACKUP/BEFORE/BACKUP

[Ady]

"Phillip Helbig---undress to reply" <helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de> wrote 
in message news:iis60f$qvk$1 at online.de...
>     When you use /BACKUP with /BEFORE, files with a BACKUP date prior
>     to the specified date or time are selected. Files with no BACKUP
>     date (that is, /RECORD was not specified when the file was saved
>     or copied) are also selected.
>
> That last sentence makes BACKUP behave differently than other commands,
> and differently than BACKUP with other qualifiers.  Though this feature
> is useful, why does it exist only in the combination above?
>
>

Hi,

Have a look at the text under HELP BACKUP /BACKUP. It clearly states that 
"When you use /BACKUP with /BEFORE  files with a BACKUP date prior to the 
specified date and time are selected. Files with no backup date (that is, 
/RECORD was not specified when the file was saved or copied) are also 
selected"

Ady